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                                    891
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the calculation of the
   "pupil wealth ratio" for school aid purposes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of the
 education law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 57  of  the
 laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  (1)  "Pupil  wealth ratio" shall mean the number computed to three
 decimals without rounding obtained when actual  valuation  of  a  school
 district  divided by, WHEN APPLICABLE, the SUM OF THE total wealth pupil
 units AND, IF THE DISTRICT'S NUMBER OF  RESIDENT  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN
 NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOL  IS  MORE  THAN TWICE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS
 ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL  ENROLLMENT  IS  OVER
 ONE  THOUSAND,  TWENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED
 IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THE DISTRICT, is divided by the statewide  aver-
 age  actual  valuation  per  total  wealth pupil unit as computed by the
 commissioner in accordance with the provisions  of  this  section.  Such
 statewide  average actual valuation per total wealth pupil unit shall be
 established each year by the commissioner using the latest  single  year
 actual  valuation  computed under paragraph c of subdivision one of this
 section. Such statewide average  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  school
 districts.  Such  statewide  average  shall  be  rounded  to the nearest
 hundredth and shall include the actual valuation and total wealth  pupil
 units  of all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to this section
 except central high school districts. For the  purposes  of  calculating
 such statewide average the data for the city school district of the city
 of New York shall be citywide data.
   (2)  "Pupil  wealth  ratio  for  total  foundation aid" shall mean the
 number computed to three decimals without  rounding  obtained  when  the
 selected actual valuation of a school district divided by, WHEN APPLICA-
              

 BLE,  the  SUM  OF  THE  total wealth pupil units AND, IF THE DISTRICT'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04377-01-1

 A. 891                              2
 
 NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IS  MORE  THAN
 TWICE  THE  NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IF
 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT  IS  OVER  ONE  THOUSAND,  TWENTY-FIVE  PER
 CENTUM  OF  THE  RESIDENT  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THE
 DISTRICT, is divided by the statewide average selected actual  valuation
 per  total  wealth pupil unit as computed by the commissioner in accord-
 ance with  the  provisions  of  this  section.  Such  statewide  average
 selected  actual  valuation  per total wealth pupil unit shall be estab-
 lished each year by the commissioner using the selected actual valuation
 computed under paragraph c of subdivision  one  of  this  section.  Such
 statewide  average  shall  be  transmitted to the school districts. Such
 statewide average shall be rounded to the nearest  hundredth  and  shall
 include  the  selected  actual valuation and total wealth pupil units of
 all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to  this  section  except
 central  high  school  districts.  For  the purposes of calculating such
 statewide average the data for the city school district of the  city  of
 New York shall be citywide data.
   b.  (1)  "Alternate pupil wealth ratio" shall mean the number computed
 to three decimals without rounding  obtained  when  the  adjusted  gross
 income of a school district for the calendar year two years prior to the
 calendar  year in which the base year began divided by, WHEN APPLICABLE,
 THE SUM OF the total wealth pupil units of such  district  AND,  IF  THE
 DISTRICT'S  NUMBER OF RESIDENT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IS
 MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER  OF  RESIDENT  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN  PUBLIC
 SCHOOL  AND  IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS OVER ONE THOUSAND, TWEN-
 TY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF  THE  RESIDENT  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN  NON-PUBLIC
 SCHOOL OF THE DISTRICT is divided by the statewide adjusted gross income
 per  total  wealth  pupil  unit. Such statewide average gross income per
 pupil shall be established each year by the commissioner  and  shall  be
 transmitted to school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded
 to the nearest hundredth and shall include the adjusted gross income and
 total wealth pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursu-
 ant  to  this  section  except  central  high  school districts. For the
 purposes of calculating such statewide average the  data  for  the  city
 school district of the city of New York shall be citywide data.
   (2) "Alternate pupil wealth ratio for total foundation aid" shall mean
 the number computed to three decimals without rounding obtained when the
 selected  adjusted  gross  income  of a school district for the calendar
 year two years prior to the calendar year in which the base  year  began
 divided  by, WHEN APPLICABLE, THE SUM OF the total wealth pupil units of
 such district  AND,  IF  THE  DISTRICT'S  NUMBER  OF  RESIDENT  STUDENTS
 ENROLLED  IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IS MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT
 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IF THE PUBLIC  SCHOOL  ENROLLMENT
 IS  OVER  ONE  THOUSAND, TWENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE RESIDENT STUDENTS
 ENROLLED IN NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL OF THE DISTRICT is divided by  the  state-
 wide  selected  adjusted  gross income per total wealth pupil unit. Such
 statewide average selected adjusted gross  income  per  pupil  shall  be
 established  each  year  by the commissioner and shall be transmitted to
 school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded to the nearest
 hundredth and shall include the selected adjusted gross income and total
 wealth pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursuant  to
 this  section  except central high school districts. For the purposes of
 calculating such statewide average the data for the city school district
 of the city of New York shall be citywide data.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.