NY State Senate Bill S7996B

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 17, 2020	signed chap.107
Jun 05, 2020	delivered to governor
May 27, 2020	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.27 substituted for a10189a referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.640
May 26, 2020	reported and committed to rules
May 24, 2020	committee discharged and committed to finance print number 7996b
May 24, 2020	amend and recommit to education
Mar 13, 2020	print number 7996a
Mar 13, 2020	amend (t) and recommit to education
Mar 06, 2020	referred to education

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S7996 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10189
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3604, Ed L

S7996 - Summary

Provides that school districts, including the city school district of the city of New York, are entited to an apportionment of state aid for the closure of schools due in response to the novel coronavirus.

S7996 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7996

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
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 the closure
of schools due in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, even when
no state of emergency has been declared

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

Provides that school districts are entitled to an apportionment of state
aid for the closure of schools due in response to the novel coronavirus,
even when no state of emergency has been declared.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends Subdivision 7 of section 3604 of the
education law, as amended by chapter 605 of the laws of 2019, as it

relates to providing school districts an apportionment of state aid for
the closure of schools due in response to the novel coronavirus, even
when no state of emergency has been declared.

Section two of the bill sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Education Law S 3604 requires that school districts be in session for
180 days, or be at risk of losing State aid. Chapter 605 of the laws of
2019 amended the education law to exempt schools from a reduction in
foundation aid when the superintendent was required to close the school
or schools due to a declaration of a state or local state of emergency.

With the recent rise of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, superintendents
may choose to close a school or schools to reduce the spread of this
disease. These closures may be ordered out of an abundance of caution,
absent a formal declaration of a state or, local state of emergency.

This legislation will ensure the schools that close in response to the
novel coronavirus, COVID-19, will not be penalized in the apportionment
of state aid.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7996 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7996

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 6, 2020
                               ___________

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  the  attendance  of
  minors  upon  full  day  instruction  and  the  conditions under which
  districts are entitled to  an  apportionment  of  state  aid  and  the
  closure of schools due in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19,
  even when no state of emergency has been declared

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3604  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  605  of  the  laws  of 2019, is 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
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  in the apportionment of public money, (i) for any day or days
on which session had been previously 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 extraordinarily adverse weather condi-
tions, impairment of heating facilities, insufficiency of water  supply,
shortage of fuel, lack of electricity, natural gas leakage, unacceptable
levels  of  chemical  substances, a credible threat to student safety as
reasonably determined by a lead school official or the destruction of  a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15782-01-0

S. 7996                             2

school building either in whole or in part OR (III) FOR WHERE THE SUPER-
INTENDENT WAS REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS IN RESPONSE TO THE
NOVEL  CORONAVIRUS,  COVID-19,  EVEN WHEN NO STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN
DECLARED,  and  if,  further,  the commissioner finds that such district
cannot make up such days of  instruction  by  using  for  the  secondary
grades all scheduled vacation days which occur prior to the first sched-
uled  regents examination day in June, and for the elementary grades all
scheduled vacation days which occur prior to the last scheduled  regents
examination  day  in June. For the purposes of this subdivision, "sched-
uled vacation days" shall mean days on which the schools of the district
are not in session and for which no prohibition  exists  in  subdivision
eight of this section for them to be in session.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Co-Sponsors

S7996A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10189
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3604, Ed L

S7996A - Summary

S7996A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7996a

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
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, including the city school district of the city of New York,
are entitled to an apportionment of state aid and the closure of schools
due in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

Provides that school districts are entitled to an apportionment of state
aid for the closure of schools in response to the novel coronavirus,
COVID-19.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends Subdivision 7 of section 3604 of the
education law, as amended by chapter 605 of the laws of 2019, as it

relates to providing school districts an apportionment of state aid for
the closure of schools in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

Section two of the bill sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Education Law § 3604 requires that school districts be in session for
180 days, or be at risk of losing State aid. Chapter 605 of the laws of
2019 amended the education law to exempt schools from a reduction in
foundation aid when the school was required to close due to a declara-
tion of a state or local state of emergency.

With the recent rise of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a school super-
intendent or the Chancellor of NYC schools may choose to close a school
or schools to reduce the spread of this disease. These closures may be
ordered out of an abundance of caution to protect the health or safety
of the school district.

This legislation will ensure the schools that close in response to the
novel coronavirus, COVID-19, will not be financially penalized in the
apportionment of state aid.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7996A - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7996--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 6, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. CARLUCCI, MAYER, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
  tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  attendance  of
  minors  upon  full  day  instruction  and  the  conditions under which
  districts, including the city school district of the city of New York,
  are entitled to an apportionment of  state  aid  and  the  closure  of
  schools due in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3604  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  605  of  the  laws  of 2019, is 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
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  in  the  apportionment of public money[,]: (i) for any day or
days on which session had been previously scheduled but the  superinten-
dent  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 extraordinarily  adverse  weather  condi-
tions,  impairment of heating facilities, insufficiency of water supply,
shortage of fuel, lack of electricity, natural gas leakage, unacceptable

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15782-03-0

S. 7996--A                          2

levels of chemical substances, a credible threat to  student  safety  as
reasonably  determined by a lead school official or the destruction of a
school building either in whole or in part, and if, further, the commis-
sioner  finds that such district cannot make up such days of instruction
by using for the secondary grades  all  scheduled  vacation  days  which
occur  prior to the first scheduled regents examination day in June, and
for the elementary grades all scheduled vacation days which occur  prior
to  the  last  scheduled  regents  examination day in June; OR (III) FOR
WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
OF  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH
OR SAFETY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO  CLOSE  THE  SCHOOL  OR  SCHOOLS  IN
RESPONSE  TO  THE  NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19. For the purposes of this
subdivision, "scheduled vacation days" shall  mean  days  on  which  the
schools  of the district are not in session and for which no prohibition
exists in subdivision eight of this section for them to be in session.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Co-Sponsors

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S7996B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10189
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3604, Ed L

S7996B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7996B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7996b

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
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, including the city school district of the city of New York,
are entitled to an apportionment of state aid and the closure of schools
due in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

Provides that school districts are entitled to an apportionment of state
aid for the closure of schools in response to the novel coronavirus,
COVID-19 for the 2019-20 school year.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends Subdivision 7 of section 3604 of the
education law, as amended by chapter 605 of the laws of 2019, as it

relates to providing school districts an apportionment of state aid for
the closure of schools in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

Section two of the bill sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Education Law § 3604 requires that school districts be in session for
180 days, or be at risk of losing State aid. Chapter 605 of the laws of
2019 amended the education law to exempt schools from a reduction in
state aid when the school was required to close due to a declaration of
a state or local state of emergency.

With the recent rise of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a district's
superintendent or the Chancellor of NYC schools may choose to close a
school or schools to reduce the spread of this disease. These closures
may be ordered out of an abundance of caution to protect the health or
safety of the school district.

This legislation will ensure the schools that close in response to the
novel coronavirus, COVID-19, will not be financially penalized in the
apportionment of state aid for the 2019-20 school year.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7996B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7996--B

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 6, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  CARLUCCI,  MAYER,  GOUNARDES,  HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY,
  KAPLAN, KRUEGER, METZGER, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --  commit-
  tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
  mitted to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to the attendance of
  minors upon full  day  instruction  and  the  conditions  under  which
  districts, including the city school district of the city of New York,
  are  entitled  to  an  apportionment  of  state aid and the closure of
  schools due in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 3604 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 605 of the laws  of  2019,  is  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
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 in the apportionment of public money[,]: (i) for  any  day  or
days  on which session had been previously scheduled but the superinten-
dent 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 extraordinarily adverse weather condi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15782-08-0

S. 7996--B                          2

tions, impairment of heating facilities, insufficiency of water  supply,
shortage of fuel, lack of electricity, natural gas leakage, unacceptable
levels  of  chemical  substances, a credible threat to student safety as
reasonably  determined by a lead school official or the destruction of a
school building either in whole or in part, and if, further, the commis-
sioner finds that such district cannot make up such days of  instruction
by  using  for  the  secondary  grades all scheduled vacation days which
occur prior to the first scheduled regents examination day in June,  and
for  the elementary grades all scheduled vacation days which occur prior
to the last scheduled regents examination day in June; OR (III) FOR  ANY
DAY  OR  DAYS IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN -- TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL
YEAR ON WHICH SESSION HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED BUT  THE  CHANCELLOR
OF  THE  CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR THE SUPERINTEN-
DENT OF A DISTRICT CLOSED THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS DUE TO  A  DETERMINATION
BY  THE CHANCELLOR OR SUPERINTENDENT THAT IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CLOSE  THE  SCHOOL  OR
SCHOOLS IN RESPONSE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19. For the purposes
of  this subdivision, "scheduled vacation days" shall mean days on which
the schools of the district are not in session and for which no prohibi-
tion exists in subdivision eight of this  section  for  them  to  be  in
session.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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May 26, 2020 - Finance committee Vote

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S7996 - Details

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S7996 - Sponsor Memo

S7996 - Bill Text download pdf

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S7996 - Details

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S7996 - Bill Text download pdf

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