Assembly Bill A7291

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings

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  • 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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2021-A7291 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§305 & 2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5053
2015-2016: A3401
2017-2018: A5530
2019-2020: A4528

2021-A7291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to establish minimum standards for the maintenance and repair of school buildings; eliminates the tax levy cap for expenditures related to school building maintenance and repair.

2021-A7291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7291
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, STECK, SOLAGES, HEVE-
   SI, COOK, CAHILL, MONTESANO, HUNTER, ABINANTI, LUPARDO --  Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M.  of A. McDONALD, J. RIVERA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
   sioner of education to establish standards  for  the  maintenance  and
   repair  of school buildings and exempting expenditures for the mainte-
   nance and repair of school buildings from the tax levy limit
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY RULE, ESTABLISH MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
 THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL  BUILDINGS  SO  AS  TO  PROVIDE  AN
 APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITHIN EACH SUCH BUILDING.
   §  2.  Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision 2 of
 section 2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A  of
 chapter  97  of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new subparagraph (v)
 is added to read as follows:
   (iii) in years in which the normal contribution rate of the  New  York
 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion two of section five hundred seventeen of this chapter, increases by
 more  than  two  percentage  points  from  the previous year, a tax levy
 necessary for  expenditures  for  the  coming  fiscal  year  for  school
 district  employer contributions to the New York state teachers' retire-
 ment system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate  minus  two
 percentage points; [and]
   (iv) a capital tax levy[.]; AND
   (V)  A  TAX  LEVY  NECESSARY  FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND
 REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11142-01-1

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