NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3517

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to education
Feb 08, 2019	referred to education

co-Sponsors

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7070
2017-2018: S700

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to full day kindergarten.

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3517

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to full
day kindergarten

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

This bill expands the full day kindergarten conversion aid to a five
year transition program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends section 3602 of the education law as it
relates to expanded full day kindergarten conversion aid. The enhanced
incentive will provide school districts that have half day or no kinder-
garten programs in the 2016-17 school year with funding over a five year
period to transition to full day. The aid would be equal to the current
conversion aid in the first year, 80% of the aid in year two, 60% of the
aid in year three, 40% of the aid in year four and 20% of the aid in
year five.

Section two of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are only a handful of school districts in New York that have half
day kindergarten programs. This legislation would assist those school
districts in transitioning to full day kindergarten by expanding the
current incentive aid program to be spread out over five years. This
bill will help New York move closer to providing full day kindergarten
to all students in the State regardless of where they live.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S700-b/A1625-b - VETO NO. 263 of 2018

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE:

It is estimated that the legislation will cost an estimated $25 million
if all eligible school districts utilized the transition aid which
includes the estimated $8 million under the current conversion formula.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3517
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 full day kindergarten
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of  section 3602 of the education law, as
 amended by section 9 of part A of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2013  and
 paragraph c as added by section 12 of part CCC of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  Aid  for conversion to full day kindergarten. School districts may
 make available full day kindergarten programs for all  children  wishing
 to attend such programs.
   a. For aid payable in the [two thousand seven--two thousand eight] TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  school  year  and thereafter,
 school districts which provided any half-day  kindergarten  programs  or
 had  no kindergarten programs in the [nineteen hundred ninety-six--nine-
 ty-seven] TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN school year  [and
 in the base year], and which have not received an apportionment pursuant
 to  this  paragraph in any prior school year, shall be eligible for FIVE
 YEAR TRANSITION aid.  THE AID IN THE FIRST YEAR OF FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN
 TRANSITION IS equal to the product of the district's selected foundation
 aid calculated pursuant to subdivision four of this  section  multiplied
 by  the  positive  difference  resulting  when the full day kindergarten
 enrollment of children attending programs in the district  in  the  base
 year is subtracted from such enrollment in the current year. THE REMAIN-
 ING TRANSITION AID SHALL BE APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS:
   I.  AID  IN YEAR TWO SHALL EQUAL EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AID RECEIVED BY
 THE DISTRICT IN YEAR ONE.
   II. AID IN YEAR THREE SHALL EQUAL SIXTY  PERCENT OF THE  AID  RECEIVED
 BY THE DISTRICT IN YEAR ONE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06249-01-9

 S. 3517                             2
 
   III. AID IN YEAR FOUR SHALL EQUAL FORTY PERCENT OF THE AID RECEIVED BY
 THE DISTRICT IN YEAR ONE.
   IV. AID IN YEAR FIVE SHALL EQUAL TWENTY PERCENT OF THE AID RECEIVED BY
 THE DISTRICT IN YEAR ONE.
   b.  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision,
 school districts that have received an apportionment  pursuant  to  this
 subdivision  in  a prior school year shall be eligible for an apportion-
 ment where the department grants a waiver upon cause satisfactory to the
 department, including but not limited to, satisfactory demonstration  of
 significant  economic  hardship  that would impact the school district's
 ability to provide full day kindergarten for  all  children  wishing  to
 attend  such  programs.  No school district may be granted such a waiver
 more than once.
   c. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this  subdivision,
 school  districts  receiving an apportionment pursuant to paragraph a of
 this subdivision in the two thousand eighteen--two thousand nineteen  or
 two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year shall be eligible
 for (A) an apportionment in the following school year equal to the prod-
 uct of sixty-five percent multiplied by the aid received by the district
 pursuant  to  paragraph  a of this subdivision in the prior school year,
 and (B) an apportionment in the school year  after  the  following  year
 equal  to  the  product  of  thirty-five  percent  multiplied by the aid
 received by the district pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision  in
 the year preceding the prior year.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Find your Senator and share your views on important issues.

Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S3517

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Do you support this bill?

Get Status Alerts for 2019-S3517

Senate Bill S3517

Share this bill

Sponsored By

David Carlucci

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

Actions

co-Sponsors

Rich Funke

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments