S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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344
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO, ROSENTHAL -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to lottery aid formu-
las for school districts
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section
92-c of the state finance law, as amended by section 64 of part A of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(4) each eligible school district shall be entitled to an additional
lottery grant equal to the result of multiplying the district's total
aidable foundation pupil units for the base year computed pursuant to
paragraph g of subdivision two of section thirty-six hundred two of
[this act] THE EDUCATION LAW by:
Base Grant x REGIONAL COST INDEX X PUPIL NEED INDEX X (1 + aid ratio)
Where, the base grant shall equal the sum of the net total available
moneys after making payments pursuant to subparagraphs [(1), (2), (2-a)
and (3) above] ONE, TWO, TWO-A AND THREE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, plus an
amount from the general support for public schools-- general fund local
assistance account equal to the June lottery payment, divided by the
total aidable foundation pupil units of the state and where THE REGIONAL
COST INDEX SHALL BE THE REGIONAL COST INDEX DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH TWO
OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF
THE EDUCATION LAW, AND THE PUPIL NEED INDEX SHALL BE THE PUPIL NEED
INDEX DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FOUR
OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW, AND the Aid
Ratio is equal to one minus [the pupil wealth ratio of the district as
such term is defined in section thirty-six hundred two of the education
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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