S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2545
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, FORREST, SIMON, ZINERMAN, COOK, BRABENEC,
GIGLIO, LEMONDES, CRUZ, SHIMSKY, BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing foundation
aid to school districts located in a high wealth ratio county that
meet five variables impacting academic success: free or reduced lunch,
English language learners, wealth ratio, enrollment, and special
education
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "school aid
equity act".
§ 2. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 42 to read as follows:
42. FOUNDATION AID TO ADDRESS SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING INEQUITY.
COMMENCING WITH AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
FOUNDATION AID, AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, FOR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA APPLY:
A. A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH PERCENT GREATER
THAN TWO-THIRDS OR SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT (0.67);
B. AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER COUNT THAT TOTALS ABOVE THIRTEEN
PERCENT (0.13) OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION;
C. A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO GREATER THAN SEVEN-TENTHS PERCENT (0.7);
D. AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT OF AT LEAST TWO PERCENT (0.02) SINCE THE
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR; AND
E. A SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNT THAT TOTALS ABOVE EIGHT PERCENT (0.08) OF
THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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