Assembly Bill A9847

                             
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                                   9847
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  additional  financial
   aid provided to certain school districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 16-a to read as follows:
   16-A.  PUPIL LOW SPENDING AID. A. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGI-
 BLE TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL AID APPORTIONMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION IF SUCH DISTRICT MEETS CERTAIN  THRESHOLDS  BASED  ON  THE  AVERAGE
 SPENDING PER PUPIL. SUCH AID SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND
 SHALL BE APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS:
   (1) FOR A DISTRICT DETERMINED TO BE A HIGH NEED SCHOOL DISTRICT BY THE
 COMMISSIONER  USING THE MOST CURRENT TOTAL FUNDING ALLOCATION STATEMENTS
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS
 PART, THE REGIONAL SPENDING PER PUPIL AS WELL AS THE  DISTRICT  SPENDING
 PER  PUPIL  SHALL  BE  CALCULATED. IF THE REGIONAL SPENDING PER PUPIL IS
 MORE THAN TEN PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE DISTRICT SPENDING PER PUPIL,  THEN
 SUCH  DISTRICT  SHALL BE AWARDED AID IN AN AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 MULTIPLIED BY THE AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE POINTS  ABOVE  TEN  PERCENT,  PER
 PUPIL.
   (2) FOR A DISTRICT DETERMINED TO BE AN AVERAGE NEED SCHOOL DISTRICT BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER USING THE MOST CURRENT TOTAL FUNDING ALLOCATION STATE-
 MENTS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND SIX  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN
 OF  THIS  PART,  THE REGIONAL SPENDING PER PUPIL AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT
 SPENDING PER PUPIL SHALL BE CALCULATED. IF  THE  REGIONAL  SPENDING  PER
 PUPIL  IS  MORE  THAN  TEN PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE DISTRICT SPENDING PER
 PUPIL, THEN SUCH DISTRICT SHALL BE AWARDED AID IN  AN  AMOUNT  OF  FIFTY
 DOLLARS MULTIPLIED BY THE AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE TEN PERCENT,
 PER PUPIL.
   B.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, "REGIONAL SPENDING" SHALL BE
 BROKEN DOWN INTO THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) LONG ISLAND (WHICH CONSISTS OF SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES);
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (2) THE CITY OF NEW YORK (WHICH CONSISTS OF BRONX, NEW  YORK,  QUEENS,
 BROOKLYN, AND RICHMOND COUNTIES);
   (3)  THE MID-HUDSON REGION (WHICH CONSISTS OF SULLIVAN, ULSTER, DUTCH-
 ESS, ORANGE, PUTNAM, WESTCHESTER, AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES);
   (4) THE SOUTHERN TIER (WHICH CONSISTS OF STEUBEN, SCHUYLER,  TOMPKINS,
 CHEMUNG, TIOGA, CHENANGO, BROOME, AND DELAWARE COUNTIES);
   (5)  THE CAPITAL REGION (WHICH CONSISTS OF WARREN, WASHINGTON, SARATO-
 GA, SCHENECTADY, RENSSELAER, ALBANY, COLUMBIA, AND GREENE COUNTIES);
   (6) THE MOHAWK VALLEY (WHICH CONSISTS  OF  ONEIDA,  HERKIMER,  FULTON,
 MONTGOMERY, OTSEGO, AND SCHOHARIE COUNTIES);
   (7)  THE  NORTH  COUNTRY  (WHICH  CONSISTS  OF  CLINTON, FRANKLIN, ST.
 LAWRENCE, JEFFERSON, LEWIS, HAMILTON, AND ESSEX COUNTIES);
   (8) THE CENTRAL REGION (WHICH CONSISTS OF  OSWEGO,  CAYUGA,  ONONDAGA,
 MADISON, AND CORTLAND COUNTIES);
   (9) THE FINGER LAKES REGION (WHICH CONSISTS OF ORLEANS, MONROE, WAYNE,
 GENESEE, WYOMING, LIVINGSTON, ONTARIO, SENECA, AND YATES COUNTIES); AND
   (10)  THE WESTERN REGION (WHICH CONSISTS OF NIAGARA, ERIE, CHAUTAUQUA,
 CATTARAUGUS, AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES).
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.