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                                  7157--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Cities  2  --  reported
   favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Educa-
   tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend chapter 416 of the laws of 2007, establishing  the  city
   of Rochester and the board of education of the city school district of
   the  city of Rochester school facilities modernization program act, in
   relation to granting further  authority  to  the  RJSCB  to  modernize
   educational facilities in the city of Rochester
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 4, 5 and 6 of chapter 416 of  the  laws  of  2007,
 establishing  the  city  of  Rochester and the board of education of the
 city school district of the city of Rochester school facilities  modern-
 ization  program  act,  as  amended and the third and fifth undesignated
 paragraphs of subdivision 6 as added by chapter 614 of the laws of 2021,
 are amended to read as follows:
   § 4. Project authorization.  No more than: (a) 13 projects,  up  to  a
 total  cost  of  three hundred twenty-five million dollars in phase one,
 and (b) 26 projects, up to a total  cost  of  four  hundred  thirty-five
 million dollars in phase two, and (c) 12 projects, up to a total cost of
 [four  hundred seventy-five million dollars] SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
 in phase three shall be authorized and undertaken pursuant to this  act,
 unless otherwise authorized by law.
   §  5.  Comprehensive school facilities modernization plan.  The super-
 intendent shall submit to the RJSCB a comprehensive  draft  plan  recom-
 mending  and  outlining  the  projects  for phase two and phase three it
 proposes to be undertaken pursuant to this act. The RJSCB shall consider
 the plan in developing a comprehensive school  facilities  modernization
 plan  recommending  and  outlining the projects it proposes to be poten-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 tially undertaken pursuant to this act.  Such plan shall include: (a) an
 estimate of  total  costs  to  be  financed,  proposed  financing  plan,
 proposed  method  of  financing,  terms and conditions of the financing,
 estimated  financing  costs,  and,  if  city general obligation bonds or
 notes are not proposed as the  method  of  financing,  a  comparison  of
 financing  costs  between such bonds or notes and the proposed method of
 financing.  Payment of debt service on bonds, notes or other obligations
 issued to secure financing of not more than $325,000,000 in  phase  one,
 $435,000,000  in  phase  two,  and  [$475,000,000] $600,000,000 in phase
 three for projects undertaken pursuant to this act shall not be  consid-
 ered  when  determining  the "city amount" required pursuant to subpara-
 graph (ii) of paragraph a of subdivision 5-b  of  section  2576  of  the
 education  law;  provided, however, that this provision shall not other-
 wise affect the determination of said  "city  amount"  with  respect  to
 funding unrelated to projects undertaken pursuant to this act.  The plan
 should  also  address what specific options would be used to ensure that
 sufficient resources exist to cover the local share of any such  project
 cost  on  an  annual  basis;  (b)  information  concerning the potential
 persons to be involved in the  financing  and  such  person's  role  and
 responsibilities;  (c) estimates on the design, reconstruction and reha-
 bilitation costs by project,  any  administrative  costs  for  potential
 projects,  and  an  outline  of the timeframe expected for completion of
 each potential project; (d) a detailed description of  the  request  for
 proposals  process  and  an  outline  of  the  criteria  to  be used for
 selection of the program manager, the independent compliance officer and
 all contractors; provided that the RJSCB may extend the contracts of the
 providers of professional  services  for  phase  one  or  two  upon  the
 adoption  of findings that doing so would be in the public interest; the
 contracts of the program manager and the independent compliance  officer
 for phase two will be rebid and the contracts of the program manager and
 the  independent  compliance  officer for phase three will be rebid, and
 provided further that the program manager and the independent compliance
 officer and any new or  different  providers  of  professional  services
 shall  be  engaged in compliance with the provisions of section eight of
 this act; (e) any proposed amendments  to  the  city  school  district's
 five-year  capital facilities plan submitted in accordance with subdivi-
 sion 6 of section 3602 of the education law and the regulations  of  the
 commissioner;  and  (f)  a  diversity  plan  to develop diversity goals,
 including appropriate community input and public discussion, and develop
 strategies that would create and coordinate any efforts to ensure a more
 diverse workforce for the projects. The diversity  plan  should  address
 accountability  for  attainment  of  the  diversity goals, what forms of
 monitoring would be used, and how such  information  would  be  publicly
 communicated.
   Prior  to  the  development  of  the  comprehensive  school facilities
 modernization plan, the RJSCB and district shall  hold  as  many  public
 hearings as may be necessary to ensure sufficient public input and allow
 for significant public discussion on school building needs in such city,
 with  at  least  one hearing to be held in each neighborhood potentially
 impacted by a proposed project.
   All projects proposed in the comprehensive school  facilities  modern-
 ization  plan shall be included by the city school district as a special
 section of the district's five-year  capital  facilities  plan  that  is
 required  pursuant to subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the education law
 and the regulations of the commissioner.
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   The RJSCB shall submit  the  components  of  such  comprehensive  plan
 outlined  in  subdivision  (a) of this section to the comptroller, along
 with any other information requested by the  comptroller,  for  [his  or
 her] SUCH COMPTROLLER'S review and approval.
   § 6. Project selection.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local
 law  to  the  contrary  and upon approval by the comptroller pursuant to
 section five of this act, the RJSCB may select projects to be undertaken
 pursuant to this act, as provided for  in  such  approved  comprehensive
 plan.  After the RJSCB has selected a new project and plans and specifi-
 cations for such project have been prepared and approved by  the  RJSCB,
 which  are  consistent  with  the approved comprehensive plan, the RJSCB
 shall deliver such plans and specifications to the superintendent of the
 city school district and the mayor of the city of Rochester  for  review
 to  ensure that sufficient resources exist to pay the local share of any
 such project cost on an annual basis and that  the  plans  meet  program
 needs,  and upon the approval of the superintendent, to the commissioner
 for [his or her] THEIR approval. After approval  by  the  superintendent
 and  commissioner, the plans and specifications shall be returned to the
 RJSCB.  All such specifications shall detail the number of students  the
 completed  project is intended to serve, the site description, the types
 of subjects to be taught, the types of  activities  for  school,  recre-
 ational,  social,  safety, or other purposes intended to be incorporated
 in the school building or on its site and such other information as  the
 RJSCB  and  the  commissioner  shall  deem necessary or advisable.   The
 district program manager shall establish reasonable guidelines or limits
 on incidental costs to assure that to the greatest extent possible  such
 costs for each project do not exceed the state's maximum incidental cost
 allowance, in order to maximize efficient use of state building aid.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the RJSCB
 shall submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized  pursu-
 ant  to  subdivisions  (b) and (c) of section four of this act on a form
 provided by the commissioner after the completion of schematic plans and
 specifications for review by the commissioner.  For projects  authorized
 pursuant  to  subdivision  (b) of section four of this act, if the total
 project costs associated with such projects exceed the sum of the  esti-
 mated  individual  approved  cost  allowance of each building project by
 more than the lesser of  43  million  dollars  or  ten  percent  of  the
 approved costs authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) of section four of
 this act, and the city school district has not otherwise demonstrated to
 the  satisfaction  of the state education department the availability of
 additional local shares for such excess costs, then the RJSCB shall  not
 proceed  with the preparation of final plans and specifications for such
 projects until the projects have been redesigned or value-engineered  to
 reduce  estimated  project  costs  so  as  not  to exceed the above cost
 limits. For projects authorized pursuant to subdivision (c)  of  section
 four  of  this  act, if the [total estimated building aid payable] ESTI-
 MATED AIDABLE PROJECT COSTS for projects authorized pursuant to subdivi-
 sion (c) of section four of this act, based upon the sum  of  the  esti-
 mated  individual approved cost allowance of each building, is less than
 ninety-five percent of the total project  costs,  the  RJSCB  shall  not
 proceed  with  preparation  of  final  plans and specifications for such
 projects until the projects have been redesigned or value engineered  to
 reduce estimated costs so as not to exceed this cost limit.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the RJSCB
 shall submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized  pursu-
 ant    to subdivision (c) of section four of this act on a form provided
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 by the commissioner after the completion of twenty-five percent  of  the
 final  plans  and  specifications for review by the commissioner. If the
 [total estimated building aid payable] ESTIMATED AIDABLE  PROJECT  COSTS
 for  projects  authorized pursuant to subdivision (c) of section four of
 this act, based upon the sum of the estimated individual  approved  cost
 allowance  of  each  building,  is  less than ninety-five percent of the
 total project costs, the RJSCB shall not proceed with the completion  of
 the  remaining  seventy-five percent of the plans and specifications for
 such projects until the projects have  been  redesigned  or  value-engi-
 neered to reduce estimated costs so as not to exceed this cost limit.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the RJSCB
 shall submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized  pursu-
 ant  to  subdivisions  (b) and (c) of section four of this act on a form
 provided by the commissioner after the completion of  fifty  percent  of
 the  final plans and specifications for review by the commissioner.  For
 projects authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) of section four of  this
 act, if the total project costs associated with such projects exceed the
 sum of the estimated individual approved cost allowance of each building
 project  by more than the lesser of 43 million dollars or ten percent of
 the approved costs authorized pursuant to  subdivision  (b)  of  section
 four  of this act, and the city school district has not otherwise demon-
 strated to the satisfaction of the state education department the avail-
 ability of additional local share for such excess costs, then the  RJSCB
 shall  not proceed with the completion of the remaining fifty percent of
 the plans and specifications for such projects until the  projects  have
 been redesigned or value-engineered to reduce estimated project costs so
 as  not to exceed the above cost limits.  For projects authorized pursu-
 ant to subdivision (c) of section four of this act, if the [total  esti-
 mated building aid payable] ESTIMATED AIDABLE PROJECT COSTS for projects
 authorized  pursuant  to  subdivision  (c)  of section four of this act,
 based upon the sum of the estimated individual approved  cost  allowance
 of  each building, is less than ninety-five percent of the total project
 costs, the RJSCB shall not proceed with the completion of the  remaining
 fifty  percent  of  the plans and specifications for such projects until
 the projects have been redesigned or value-engineered  to  reduce  esti-
 mated project costs so as not to exceed this cost limit.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the RJSCB
 shall  submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized pursu-
 ant  to subdivision (c) of section four of this act on a  form  provided
 by  the commissioner after the completion of seventy-five percent of the
 final plans and specifications for review by the  commissioner.  If  the
 total estimated building aid payable for projects authorized pursuant to
 subdivision  (c)  of section four of this act, based upon the sum of the
 estimated individual approved cost allowance of each building,  is  less
 than ninety-five percent of the total project costs, the RJSCB shall not
 proceed  with the completion of the remaining twenty-five percent of the
 plans and specifications for such projects until the projects have  been
 redesigned  or  value-engineered to reduce estimated project costs so as
 not to exceed this cost limit.
   § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 21 of chapter 416 of the laws of 2007,
 establishing the city of Rochester and the board  of  education  of  the
 city  school district of the city of Rochester school facilities modern-
 ization program act, as added by chapter 614 of the  laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  On  or  before June 30, [2031] 2033, or upon completion of the 12
 projects authorized in phase three pursuant to this act, whichever shall
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 first occur, the RJSCB shall issue a report to the city, the city school
 district, the governor, the commissioner, the comptroller, the temporary
 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
 er  of  the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the state board
 of regents, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the New  York
 state senate and assembly committees on education, the finance committee
 of  the  New  York state senate, and the ways and means committee of the
 New York state assembly. Such report shall identify the fiscal and peda-
 gogical results of the projects undertaken pursuant to this  act,  along
 with recommendations for its continuance, amendments, or discontinuance.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 contracts entered into, renewed, modified or amended on  or  after  such
 effective date.

                             
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                                  7157--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Cities  2  --  reported
   favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Educa-
   tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 416 of the laws of 2007, establishing  the  city
   of Rochester and the board of education of the city school district of
   the  city of Rochester school facilities modernization program act, in
   relation to granting further  authority  to  the  RJSCB  to  modernize
   educational facilities in the city of Rochester
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 4, 5 and 6 of chapter 416 of  the  laws  of  2007,
 establishing  the  city  of  Rochester and the board of education of the
 city school district of the city of Rochester school facilities  modern-
 ization  program  act,  as  amended and the third and fifth undesignated
 paragraphs of subdivision 6 as added by chapter 614 of the laws of 2021,
 are amended to read as follows:
   § 4. Project authorization.  No more than: (a) 13 projects,  up  to  a
 total  cost  of  three hundred twenty-five million dollars in phase one,
 and (b) 26 projects, up to a total  cost  of  four  hundred  thirty-five
 million dollars in phase two, and (c) 12 projects, up to a total cost of
 [four  hundred seventy-five million dollars] SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
 in phase three shall be authorized and undertaken pursuant to this  act,
 unless otherwise authorized by law.
   §  5.  Comprehensive school facilities modernization plan.  The super-
 intendent shall submit to the RJSCB a comprehensive  draft  plan  recom-
 mending  and  outlining  the  projects  for phase two and phase three it
 proposes to be undertaken pursuant to this act. The RJSCB shall consider
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10903-07-5
              

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 the plan in developing a comprehensive school  facilities  modernization
 plan  recommending  and  outlining the projects it proposes to be poten-
 tially undertaken pursuant to this act.  Such plan shall include: (a) an
 estimate  of  total  costs  to  be  financed,  proposed  financing plan,
 proposed method of financing, terms and  conditions  of  the  financing,
 estimated  financing  costs,  and,  if  city general obligation bonds or
 notes are not proposed as the  method  of  financing,  a  comparison  of
 financing  costs  between such bonds or notes and the proposed method of
 financing.  Payment of debt service on bonds, notes or other obligations
 issued to secure financing of not more than $325,000,000 in  phase  one,
 $435,000,000  in  phase  two,  and  [$475,000,000] $600,000,000 in phase
 three for projects undertaken pursuant to this act shall not be  consid-
 ered  when  determining  the "city amount" required pursuant to subpara-
 graph (ii) of paragraph a of subdivision 5-b  of  section  2576  of  the
 education  law;  provided, however, that this provision shall not other-
 wise affect the determination of said  "city  amount"  with  respect  to
 funding unrelated to projects undertaken pursuant to this act.  The plan
 should  also  address what specific options would be used to ensure that
 sufficient resources exist to cover the local share of any such  project
 cost  on  an  annual  basis;  (b)  information  concerning the potential
 persons to be involved in the  financing  and  such  person's  role  and
 responsibilities;  (c) estimates on the design, reconstruction and reha-
 bilitation costs by project,  any  administrative  costs  for  potential
 projects,  and  an  outline  of the timeframe expected for completion of
 each potential project; (d) a detailed description of  the  request  for
 proposals  process  and  an  outline  of  the  criteria  to  be used for
 selection of the program manager, the independent compliance officer and
 all contractors; provided that the RJSCB may extend the contracts of the
 providers of professional  services  for  phase  one  or  two  upon  the
 adoption  of findings that doing so would be in the public interest; the
 contracts of the program manager and the independent compliance  officer
 for phase two will be rebid and the contracts of the program manager and
 the  independent  compliance  officer for phase three will be rebid, and
 provided further that the program manager and the independent compliance
 officer and any new or  different  providers  of  professional  services
 shall  be  engaged in compliance with the provisions of section eight of
 this act; (e) any proposed amendments  to  the  city  school  district's
 five-year  capital facilities plan submitted in accordance with subdivi-
 sion 6 of section 3602 of the education law and the regulations  of  the
 commissioner;  and  (f)  a  diversity  plan  to develop diversity goals,
 including appropriate community input and public discussion, and develop
 strategies that would create and coordinate any efforts to ensure a more
 diverse workforce for the projects. The diversity  plan  should  address
 accountability  for  attainment  of  the  diversity goals, what forms of
 monitoring would be used, and how such  information  would  be  publicly
 communicated.
   Prior  to  the  development  of  the  comprehensive  school facilities
 modernization plan, the RJSCB and district shall  hold  as  many  public
 hearings as may be necessary to ensure sufficient public input and allow
 for significant public discussion on school building needs in such city,
 with  at  least  one hearing to be held in each neighborhood potentially
 impacted by a proposed project.
   All projects proposed in the comprehensive school  facilities  modern-
 ization  plan shall be included by the city school district as a special
 section of the district's five-year  capital  facilities  plan  that  is
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 required  pursuant to subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the education law
 and the regulations of the commissioner.
   The  RJSCB  shall  submit  the  components  of such comprehensive plan
 outlined in subdivision (a) of this section to  the  comptroller,  along
 with  any  other  information  requested by the comptroller, for [his or
 her] SUCH COMPTROLLER'S review and approval.
   § 6. Project selection.  Notwithstanding any general, special or local
 law to the contrary and upon approval by  the  comptroller  pursuant  to
 section five of this act, the RJSCB may select projects to be undertaken
 pursuant  to  this  act,  as provided for in such approved comprehensive
 plan. After the RJSCB has selected a new project and plans and  specifi-
 cations  for  such project have been prepared and approved by the RJSCB,
 which are consistent with the approved  comprehensive  plan,  the  RJSCB
 shall deliver such plans and specifications to the superintendent of the
 city  school  district and the mayor of the city of Rochester for review
 to ensure that sufficient resources exist to pay the local share of  any
 such  project  cost  on  an annual basis and that the plans meet program
 needs, and upon the approval of the superintendent, to the  commissioner
 for  [his  or  her] THEIR approval. After approval by the superintendent
 and commissioner, the plans and specifications shall be returned to  the
 RJSCB.   All such specifications shall detail the number of students the
 completed project is intended to serve, the site description, the  types
 of  subjects  to  be  taught, the types of activities for school, recre-
 ational, social, safety, or other purposes intended to  be  incorporated
 in  the school building or on its site and such other information as the
 RJSCB and the commissioner shall  deem  necessary  or  advisable.    The
 district program manager shall establish reasonable guidelines or limits
 on  incidental costs to assure that to the greatest extent possible such
 costs for each project do not exceed the state's maximum incidental cost
 allowance, in order to maximize efficient use of state building aid.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the  RJSCB
 shall  submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized pursu-
 ant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of section four of this act  on  a  form
 provided by the commissioner after the completion of schematic plans and
 specifications  for review by the commissioner.  For projects authorized
 pursuant to subdivision (b) of section four of this act,  if  the  total
 project  costs associated with such projects exceed the sum of the esti-
 mated individual approved cost allowance of  each  building  project  by
 more  than  the  lesser  of  43  million  dollars  or ten percent of the
 approved costs authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) of section four of
 this act, and the city school district has not otherwise demonstrated to
 the satisfaction of the state education department the  availability  of
 additional  local shares for such excess costs, then the RJSCB shall not
 proceed with the preparation of final plans and specifications for  such
 projects  until the projects have been redesigned or value-engineered to
 reduce estimated project costs so  as  not  to  exceed  the  above  cost
 limits.  For  projects authorized pursuant to subdivision (c) of section
 four of this act, if the [total estimated building  aid  payable]  ESTI-
 MATED AIDABLE PROJECT COSTS for projects authorized pursuant to subdivi-
 sion  (c)  of  section four of this act, based upon the sum of the esti-
 mated individual approved cost allowance of each building, is less  than
 ninety-five  percent  of  the  total  project costs, the RJSCB shall not
 proceed with preparation of final  plans  and  specifications  for  such
 projects  until the projects have been redesigned or value engineered to
 reduce estimated costs so as not to exceed this cost limit.
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   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the  RJSCB
 shall  submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized pursu-
 ant  to subdivision (c) of section four of this act on a  form  provided
 by  the  commissioner after the completion of twenty-five percent of the
 final  plans  and  specifications for review by the commissioner. If the
 [total estimated building aid payable] ESTIMATED AIDABLE  PROJECT  COSTS
 for  projects  authorized pursuant to subdivision (c) of section four of
 this act, based upon the sum of the estimated individual  approved  cost
 allowance  of  each  building,  is  less than ninety-five percent of the
 total project costs, the RJSCB shall not proceed with the completion  of
 the  remaining  seventy-five percent of the plans and specifications for
 such projects until the projects have  been  redesigned  or  value-engi-
 neered to reduce estimated costs so as not to exceed this cost limit.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the RJSCB
 shall submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized  pursu-
 ant  to  subdivisions  (b) and (c) of section four of this act on a form
 provided by the commissioner after the completion of  fifty  percent  of
 the  final  plans and specifications for review by the commissioner. For
 projects authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) of section four of  this
 act, if the total project costs associated with such projects exceed the
 sum of the estimated individual approved cost allowance of each building
 project  by more than the lesser of 43 million dollars or ten percent of
 the approved costs authorized pursuant to  subdivision  (b)  of  section
 four  of this act, and the city school district has not otherwise demon-
 strated to the satisfaction of the state education department the avail-
 ability of additional local share for such excess costs, then the  RJSCB
 shall  not proceed with the completion of the remaining fifty percent of
 the plans and specifications for such projects until the  projects  have
 been redesigned or value-engineered to reduce estimated project costs so
 as  not to exceed the above cost limits.  For projects authorized pursu-
 ant to subdivision (c) of section four of this act, if the [total  esti-
 mated building aid payable] ESTIMATED AIDABLE PROJECT COSTS for projects
 authorized  pursuant  to  subdivision  (c)  of section four of this act,
 based upon the sum of the estimated individual approved  cost  allowance
 of  each building, is less than ninety-five percent of the total project
 costs, the RJSCB shall not proceed with the completion of the  remaining
 fifty  percent  of  the plans and specifications for such projects until
 the projects have been redesigned or value-engineered  to  reduce  esti-
 mated project costs so as not to exceed this cost limit.
   Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, the RJSCB
 shall  submit estimated project costs for the projects authorized pursu-
 ant  to subdivision (c) of section four of this act on a  form  provided
 by  the commissioner after the completion of seventy-five percent of the
 final plans and specifications for review by the  commissioner.  If  the
 [total  estimated  building aid payable] ESTIMATED AIDABLE PROJECT COSTS
 for projects authorized pursuant to subdivision (c) of section  four  of
 this  act,  based upon the sum of the estimated individual approved cost
 allowance of each building, is less  than  ninety-five  percent  of  the
 total  project costs, the RJSCB shall not proceed with the completion of
 the remaining twenty-five percent of the plans  and  specifications  for
 such  projects  until  the  projects have been redesigned or value-engi-
 neered to reduce estimated project costs so as not to exceed  this  cost
 limit.
   § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 21 of chapter 416 of the laws of 2007,
 establishing  the  city  of  Rochester and the board of education of the
 city school district of the city of Rochester school facilities  modern-
 S. 7157--B                          5
 
 ization  program  act,  as  added by chapter 614 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  On  or  before June 30, [2031] 2033, or upon completion of the 12
 projects authorized in phase three pursuant to this act, whichever shall
 first occur, the RJSCB shall issue a report to the city, the city school
 district, the governor, the commissioner, the comptroller, the temporary
 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
 er of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the  state  board
 of  regents, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the New York
 state senate and assembly committees on education, the finance committee
 of the New York state senate, and the ways and means  committee  of  the
 New York state assembly. Such report shall identify the fiscal and peda-
 gogical  results  of the projects undertaken pursuant to this act, along
 with recommendations for its continuance, amendments, or discontinuance.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 contracts  entered  into,  renewed, modified or amended on or after such
 effective date.