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Assembly Bill A9078A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain school districts to establish excess tuition reserve funds

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2021-A9078 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3651, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2930

2021-A9078 - Summary

Authorizes certain school districts to establish excess tuition reserve funds; applies only to school districts with an enrollment of fifteen hundred students or less where the total cost of tuition payments to other school districts is one million dollars or more.

2021-A9078 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9078
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to authorizing certain
   school districts to establish excess tuition reserve funds
 
   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,  IN  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  THAT  CONTRACTS WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL
 DISTRICT FOR THE EDUCATION OF SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS FOR GENERAL  EDUCA-
 TION  OR  SPECIAL  EDUCATION  PURPOSES,  THE  BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SUCH
 SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ESTABLISH A  RESERVE  FOR  EXCESS  TUITION  PAYMENTS
 CAUSED  BY:  (A) INCREASES IN NUMBER OF TUITION PAYING STUDENTS FROM THE
 PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR; OR (B) INCREASES IN THE AMOUNT OF TUITION PAYMENTS
 CHARGED PER STUDENT FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, IN ORDER TO STABILIZE
 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX LEVY, WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFIED
 VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE AMOUNT  OF  SUCH  RESERVE  SHALL  NOT
 EXCEED  THE  AVERAGE  ANNUAL  AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES OVER THE
 THREE PREVIOUS COMPLETED FISCAL YEARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13818-03-1

2021-A9078A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3651, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2930

2021-A9078A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain school districts to establish excess tuition reserve funds; applies only to school districts with an enrollment of fifteen hundred students or less where the total cost of tuition payments to other school districts is one million dollars or more.

2021-A9078A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9078--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  certain
   school districts to establish excess tuition reserve funds
 
   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, IN ANY SCHOOL  DISTRICT  THAT  CONTRACTS  WITH  ANOTHER  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  FOR THE EDUCATION OF SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS FOR GENERAL EDUCA-
 TION OR SPECIAL EDUCATION PURPOSES,  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  OF  SUCH
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MAY  ESTABLISH  A  RESERVE FOR EXCESS TUITION PAYMENTS
 CAUSED BY: (A) INCREASES IN NUMBER OF TUITION PAYING STUDENTS  FROM  THE
 PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR; OR (B) INCREASES IN THE AMOUNT OF TUITION PAYMENTS
 CHARGED PER STUDENT FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, IN ORDER TO STABILIZE
 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX LEVY, WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFIED
 VOTERS  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT.  THE AMOUNT OF SUCH RESERVE SHALL NOT
 EXCEED THE AVERAGE ANNUAL AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR  SUCH  PURPOSES  OVER  THE
 THREE  PREVIOUS  COMPLETED  FISCAL  YEARS.   THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ONLY
 APPLY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED STUDENTS
 OR LESS WHERE THE  TOTAL  COST  OF  TUITION  PAYMENTS  TO  OTHER  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS IS ONE MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13818-04-2

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