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Assembly Bill A10618B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to reimbursement for grants for the hiring of teachers, arts and music teacher grants and nonpublic school safety equipment grants

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2025-A10618 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9885
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3037, add §§3037-a - 3037-c, Ed L

2025-A10618 - Summary

Provides that reimbursement payable for grants for the hiring of teachers, arts and music teachers and nonpublic school safety equipment shall be paid within twelve months of the education department's receipt of a complete application for such grant; requires the commissioner of education to report on any such reimbursements payable.

2025-A10618 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10618
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to reimbursement for
   grants and aid for nonpublic school children and the hiring of  teach-
   ers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 553 of the education law, as added by  chapter  414
 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
   § 553. Installments.  The  amount  to  be  apportioned to a qualifying
 school in any current year shall be paid in two equal installments,  the
 first  to be made on or before January fifteenth and the other not later
 than June fifteenth of such  year,  except  that  for  the  school  year
 commencing  July  first, nineteen hundred seventy-one such apportionment
 shall be made in one payment  on  or  before  June  fifteenth,  nineteen
 hundred  seventy-two.    The commissioner may provide for later payments
 for the purpose of adjusting and correcting apportionments.  The  amount
 to  be  apportioned to a qualifying school shall be payable on order and
 warrant of the comptroller on vouchers  certified  or  approved  by  the
 commissioner  in  the manner provided by law. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCON-
 SISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, ANY REIMBURSEMENT  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT
 OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH AID.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 3037 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, ANY REIMBURSE-
 MENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
 OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3037-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  3037-A.  ARTS  AND  MUSIC  TEACHER  GRANTS  FOR  NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY  REIMBURSEMENT
 PAYABLE TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND MUSIC TEACHER GRANTS ADMINIS-
 TERED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE
 DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
   § 4. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027.

2025-A10618A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9885
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3037, add §§3037-a - 3037-c, Ed L

2025-A10618A - Summary

Provides that reimbursement payable for grants for the hiring of teachers, arts and music teachers and nonpublic school safety equipment shall be paid within twelve months of the education department's receipt of a complete application for such grant; requires the commissioner of education to report on any such reimbursements payable.

2025-A10618A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10618--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- 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  reimbursement  for
   grants  for  the hiring of teachers, arts and music teacher grants and
   nonpublic school safety equipment grants

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  2  of section 3037 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, ANY  REIMBURSE-
 MENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
 OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding two new sections 3037-a
 and 3037-b to read as follows:
   § 3037-A.  ARTS  AND  MUSIC  TEACHER  GRANTS  FOR  NONPUBLIC  SCHOOLS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION  OF LAW, ANY REIMBURSEMENT
 PAYABLE TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND MUSIC TEACHER GRANTS ADMINIS-
 TERED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE PAID  WITHIN  TWELVE  MONTHS  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
   §  3037-B.  NONPUBLIC  SCHOOL  SAFETY  EQUIPMENT  GRANTS FOR NONPUBLIC
 SCHOOLS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION  OF   LAW,   ANY
 REIMBURSEMENT  PAYABLE TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY
 EQUIPMENT GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE  PAID  WITHIN
 TWELVE  MONTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR
 SUCH GRANT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15230-02-6

2025-A10618B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9885
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3037, add §§3037-a - 3037-c, Ed L

2025-A10618B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that reimbursement payable for grants for the hiring of teachers, arts and music teachers and nonpublic school safety equipment shall be paid within twelve months of the education department's receipt of a complete application for such grant; requires the commissioner of education to report on any such reimbursements payable.

2025-A10618B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10618--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee --  again  reported  from
   said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  reimbursement  for
   grants  for  the hiring of teachers, arts and music teacher grants and
   nonpublic school safety equipment grants
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3037 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, ANY  REIMBURSE-
 MENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
 OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding three new sections 3037-a,
 3037-b and 3037-c to read as follows:
   §  3037-A.  ARTS  AND  MUSIC  TEACHER  GRANTS  FOR  NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY  REIMBURSEMENT
 PAYABLE TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND MUSIC TEACHER GRANTS ADMINIS-
 TERED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE
 DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
   § 3037-B. NONPUBLIC  SCHOOL  SAFETY  EQUIPMENT  GRANTS  FOR  NONPUBLIC
 SCHOOLS.   NOTWITHSTANDING   ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY
 REIMBURSEMENT PAYABLE TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL  SAFETY
 EQUIPMENT  GRANTS  ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE PAID WITHIN
 TWELVE MONTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION  FOR
 SUCH GRANT.
   § 3037-C. MANDATORY QUARTERLY REPORTING FOR UNPAID GRANTS TO NONPUBLIC
 SCHOOLS.  THE  COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS
 AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, SHALL REPORT UPON  ANY  REIMBURSEMENTS  PAYABLE
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS THREE THOUSAND THIRTY-SEVEN, THREE THOUSAND THIR-
 TY-SEVEN-A, AND THREE THOUSAND THIRTY-SEVEN-B OF THIS ARTICLE THAT  HAVE
 NOT  BEEN  PAID  WITHIN  TWELVE  MONTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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