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Senate Bill S1066

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing basic school supplies for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade

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2019-S1066 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5296
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3602-g, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S6810, A7970

2019-S1066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to allocate specified funds to provide basic school supplies for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

2019-S1066 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1066
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  providing  for  basic
   school supplies for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3602-g
 to read as follows:
   § 3602-G. APPORTIONMENT  OF  MONEYS  TO  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  FOR  BASIC
 SUPPLIES.  1.  DEFINITIONS.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
   A. "BASIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES" SHALL MEAN ITEMS GENERALLY  REQUIRED  BY  A
 STUDENT  TO  ATTEND SCHOOL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PENCILS, PENS,
 HIGHLIGHTERS, CRAYONS, MARKERS, ERASERS, INDEX CARDS, PAPER,  NOTEBOOKS,
 BINDERS, FOLDERS, SCISSORS, RULERS AND CALCULATORS.
   B.  "SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH THE STUDENT
 ATTENDS.
   2. A. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO  GRANT  TO
 EACH  SCHOOL DISTRICT TEN DOLLARS PER STUDENT ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN  GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  TWELFTH  GRADE
 BEGINNING  WITH  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL
 YEAR. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL USE SUCH FUNDS TO FURNISH SUCH STUDENTS
 WITH BASIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST  DAY  OF  SCHOOL  EACH
 YEAR.
   B. ANY FUNDS WHICH ARE UNUSED SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02860-02-9

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