Assembly Bill A4919A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a New York State Sound Basic Education Commission to study current educational needs and recommend a new foundation aid formula; appropriation

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A4919 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6712
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education

2023-A4919 - Summary

Establishes a New York State Sound Basic Education Commission to study current educational needs and recommend a new foundation aid formula which will provide all students in the state a meaningful opportunity for a sound basic education in a cost efficient manner.

2023-A4919 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4919
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT establishing a New York State Sound Basic Education Commission to
   study current educational needs and recommend  a  new  foundation  aid
   formula  which  will  provide  all  students in the state a meaningful
   opportunity for a sound basic education in a  cost  efficient  manner;
   and making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. Article XI, section 1 of the New York
 state constitution guarantees all students in the state of  New  York  a
 meaningful  opportunity for a sound basic education. The legislature and
 the regents have enacted laws, regulations and standards that set  forth
 the  goals  and  educational practices that are necessary to provide all
 students with a meaningful opportunity  for  a  sound  basic  education.
 Specifically,  in 2007, the legislature adopted a foundation aid formula
 in response to the decision of the Court  of  Appeals  in  CAMPAIGN  FOR
 FISCAL  EQUITY  (CFE) V. STATE OF NEW YORK that was calculated to appro-
 priate sufficient  funding,  on  an  equitable  basis,  to  provide  all
 students  in the state a meaningful opportunity for a sound basic educa-
 tion.
   Because educational needs, standards, and practices and student  demo-
 graphics have changed substantially over the past sixteen years, partic-
 ularly  in  light  of  the  radical educational disruption caused by the
 pandemic, the legislature finds that it is necessary and appropriate  to
 establish a standing sound basic education commission to analyze current
 educational  needs and to recommend to the governor, the legislature and
 the regents, a new foundation aid formula that will  provide  sufficient
 funding,  distributed in an equitable manner, to provide all students in
 the state a meaningful opportunity for a sound basic  education,  effec-
 tive  for  the 2024-2025 school year. Thereafter, in order to assess the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08937-01-3
              

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2023-A4919A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6712
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education

2023-A4919A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a New York State Sound Basic Education Commission to study current educational needs and recommend a new foundation aid formula which will provide all students in the state a meaningful opportunity for a sound basic education in a cost efficient manner.

2023-A4919A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4919--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. O'DONNELL, MAGNARELLI, WALKER, HYNDMAN, GLICK,
   McDONOUGH, SIMON, REYES,  LEVENBERG,  JEAN-PIERRE  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee
   on  Education  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT establishing a New York State Sound Basic Education Commission to
   study current educational needs and recommend  a  new  foundation  aid
   formula  which  will  provide  all  students in the state a meaningful
   opportunity for a sound basic education in a  cost  efficient  manner;
   and making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. Article XI, section 1 of the New York
 state constitution guarantees all students in the state of  New  York  a
 meaningful  opportunity for a sound basic education. The legislature and
 the regents have enacted laws, regulations and standards that set  forth
 the  goals  and  educational practices that are necessary to provide all
 students with a meaningful opportunity  for  a  sound  basic  education.
 Specifically,  in 2007, the legislature adopted a foundation aid formula
 in response to the decision of the Court  of  Appeals  in  CAMPAIGN  FOR
 FISCAL  EQUITY  (CFE) V. STATE OF NEW YORK that was calculated to appro-
 priate sufficient  funding,  on  an  equitable  basis,  to  provide  all
 students  in the state a meaningful opportunity for a sound basic educa-
 tion.
   Because educational needs, standards, and practices and student  demo-
 graphics have changed substantially since 2007, particularly in light of
 the  radical educational disruption caused by the pandemic, the legisla-
 ture finds that it is necessary and appropriate to establish a  standing
 sound  basic  education  commission to analyze current educational needs
 and to recommend to the governor, the legislature and the regents, a new
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08937-05-4
              

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