Senate Bill S9349

                             
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                                   9349
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sens. SALAZAR, FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to transportation aid
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 3627 of the education law, as
 amended by section 13-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   4.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, any
 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
 two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year and  thereafter
 and  otherwise  eligible  for transportation aid pursuant to subdivision
 seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be consid-
 ered approved transportation expenses eligible for  transportation  aid,
 provided  further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand four-
 teen school year such aid shall be limited to eight million one  hundred
 thousand dollars and for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen
 school  year  such aid shall be limited to the sum of twelve million six
 hundred thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the  two  thousand
 fifteen--two  thousand  sixteen  school  year through two thousand eigh-
 teen--two thousand nineteen school year such aid shall be limited to the
 sum of eighteen million eight hundred fifty thousand  dollars  plus  the
 base  amount  and  for  the  two  thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty
 school year such aid shall be limited to the  sum  of  nineteen  million
 three  hundred  fifty  thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
 two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year such aid  shall
 be  limited  to the sum of nineteen million eight hundred fifty thousand
 dollars plus the base amount and for the  two  thousand  twenty-two--two
 thousand  twenty-three  school year such aid shall be limited to the sum
 of twenty-two million three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base
 amount and for the two thousand twenty-three--two  thousand  twenty-four
 school  year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-four million
 eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount  and  for  the
 two  thousand  twenty-four--two  thousand  twenty-five  school year [and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 thereafter] such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-nine  million
 eight  hundred  fifty  thousand dollars plus the base amount AND FOR THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX SCHOOL YEAR AND THERE-
 AFTER  SUCH  AID  SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AID FROM THE
 BASE YEAR PLUS THE PRODUCT OF (A) THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AID  UNDER  THIS
 SUBDIVISION FROM THE BASE YEAR, MULTIPLIED BY (B) THE PRODUCT OF TWO AND
 ONE-HALF,  FURTHER  MULTIPLIED  BY  (C)  THE  POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF THE
 PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH INDEX AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH BB  OF  SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE LESS ONE.  For
 purposes of this subdivision, "base amount" means the amount  of  trans-
 portation  aid  paid to the school district for expenditures incurred in
 the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school year for transpor-
 tation that would have been eligible for aid pursuant  to  this  section
 had  this section been in effect in such school year, except that subdi-
 vision six of this section shall be deemed not to have been  in  effect.
 And provided further that the school district shall continue to annually
 expend  for  the  transportation  described  in  subdivision one of this
 section at least the expenditures used for the base amount.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided, however,  that
 if  section  13-a  of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024 shall not
 have taken effect on or before such date then section one  of  this  act
 shall  take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such chap-
 ter of the laws of 2024, takes effect.