Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 06, 2019 |
signed chap.605 |
Nov 26, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.550 substituted for a7114 |
Jun 05, 2019 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 04, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2019 |
1st report cal.1056 |
May 14, 2019 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5757
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 37th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S5757 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7114
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3604, rpld §3604 subs 7-a & 7-b, Ed L
2019-S5757 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5757 SPONSOR: MAYER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the attendance of minors upon full day instruction and the conditions under which districts are entitled to an apportionment of state aid; and repealing certain provisions of the education law relating thereto PURPOSE OF THE BILL: The proposed legislation would provide flexibility to school districts when preparing their school district calendar so that they meet the minimum number of instructional hours for State aid purposes and will eliminate any penalties to school districts who are forced to close a scheduled day of session because of a State or local emergency. SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL: Section 1 of the bill would amend § 3604(7) and (8-a) of the Education Law to allow school districts to count toward the minimum instructional time for State aid purposes any day(s) on which session had been previ-
2019-S5757 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5757 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- (at request of the State Education Depart- ment) -- 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 the attendance of minors upon full day instruction and the conditions under which districts are entitled to an apportionment of state aid; and repealing certain provisions of the education law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 3604 of the education law, subdivision 7 as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016 and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows: 7. No district shall be entitled to any portion of such school moneys on such apportionment unless the report of the trustees or board of education for the preceding school year shall show that the public schools were actually in session in the district and taught by a quali- fied teacher or by successive qualified teachers or by qualified teach- ers for not less than one hundred eighty days. The moneys payable to a school district pursuant to section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this [chapter] PART in the current year shall be reduced by one one-hundred eightieth of the district's total foundation aid FOR THE BASE YEAR for each day less than one hundred eighty days that the schools of the district were actually in session, except that the commissioner may disregard such reduction[, up to five days,] in the apportionment of public money, (I) FOR ANY DAY OR DAYS ON WHICH SESSION HAD BEEN PREVI- OUSLY SCHEDULED BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS DUE TO A PROPERLY EXECUTED DECLARATION OF A STATE OR LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWO-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR (II) FOR UP TO FIVE DAYS if he OR SHE finds that the schools of the district were not in session for one hundred eighty days because of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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