Senate Bill S7624

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing foundation aid to certain school districts

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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

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2019-S7624 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9651
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L

2019-S7624 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases foundation aid for school districts that meet five variables impacting academic success: free or reduced lunch, English language learners, wealth ratio, enrollment, special education, and being located in a high wealth ratio county.

2019-S7624 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 7624                                                  A. 9651
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2020
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, PALUMBO -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing  foundation
   aid

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 42 to read as follows:
   42.  FOUNDATION  AID  TO  ADDRESS  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  FUNDING INEQUITY.
 COMMENCING WITH AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE  SCHOOL  YEAR,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
 FOUNDATION AID, AT A RATE DETERMINED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  FOR  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA APPLY:
   A.  A  THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH PERCENT GREATER
 THAN HALF OR FIFTY PERCENT (0.5);
   B. AN ENGLISH  LANGUAGE  LEARNER  COUNT  THAT  TOTALS  ABOVE  THIRTEEN
 PERCENT (0.13) OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION;
   C.  RECEIVE  LESS THAN FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT (0.55) OF THE FOUNDATION AID
 AMOUNT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED DURING THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY STATE FISCAL YEAR HAD FOUNDATION AID BEEN
 FULLY FUNDED DURING SUCH FISCAL YEAR;
   D. AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT OF AT LEAST TWO PERCENT (0.02) SINCE  THE
 TWO THOUSAND EIGHT--TWO THOUSAND NINE SCHOOL YEAR; AND
   E. A SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNT THAT TOTALS ABOVE EIGHT PERCENT (0.08) OF
 THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION.
   NOTHING  IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FOUNDATION AID
 TO ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THIS SUBDIVISION'S CONDITIONS AND CRITE-
 RIA DO NOT APPLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14849-02-0

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