Senate Bill S7906

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts to establish extraordinary needs reserve fund

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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-S7906 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1614
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3651, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9871
2021-2022: A3512

2019-S7906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts to establish an extraordinary needs reserve fund.

2019-S7906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7906
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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  authorizing  school
   districts to establish an extraordinary needs reserve fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 3651 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 1-c to read as follows:
   1-C.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION, ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT  MAY  ESTABLISH  A  RESERVE  FUND  FOR  THE
 PAYMENT  OF  UNANTICIPATED  COSTS RELATED TO THE INSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS
 WITH DISABILITIES AS DEFINED IN SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER  INCURRED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE QUALI-
 FIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  TOTAL  OF  THE
 MONIES  HELD  IN  SUCH  RESERVE  FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED THAT AMOUNT WHICH
 MIGHT BE REASONABLY DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT  OF  SUCH  UNANTIC-
 IPATED COSTS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05229-01-9



              

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