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                                   6122
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to an after-school chal-
   lenge program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
 read as follows:
   §  319. AFTER-SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
 UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE  COMMISSIONER  AN  AFTER-SCHOOL  CHALLENGE
 PROGRAM  TO  PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH MATCHING FUNDS FOR RESOURCES RAISED IN
 PRIVATE DONATIONS TO SUPPORT AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. EACH DISTRICT  SHALL
 BE  ELIGIBLE  TO RECEIVE A MAXIMUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN
 MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE STATE BEGINNING WITH THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR. PROGRAMS UNDER THIS SECTION
 SHALL  PROVIDE  AFFORDABLE,  LOW-COST  AFTER-SCHOOL CARE FOR STUDENTS IN
 GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT THAT  RUN  AFTER  SCHOOL  UNTIL  AT  LEAST  SIX
 O'CLOCK  P.M.  PRIORITY  IN AWARDING GRANTS SHALL BE GIVEN TO CURRICULUM
 BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDING OF CHALLENGE GRANTS
 PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.
   2. THE MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS RAISED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST BE FROM
 SOURCES OTHER THAN  STATE  APPROPRIATIONS  OR  FEDERAL  FUNDS.  MATCHING
 CONTRIBUTIONS  SHALL  COME  FROM CONTRIBUTIONS, PLEDGED FOR THE PURPOSES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION OR UNPLEDGED, AND ACCRUED INVESTMENT  EARNINGS
 THEREON,  MADE AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR.  DONATIONS
 MAY BE FINANCIAL OR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS  AND
 BUSINESSES  THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. ONCE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF MATCH-
 ING CONTRIBUTIONS HAS BEEN RAISED, THE DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE  VERIFICA-
 TION  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER THAT THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF CONTRIBUTIONS HAS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 BEEN RECEIVED AND IS BEING HELD TO BE USED SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 SUPPORTING AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT ON THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM ON OR
 BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.