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Senate Bill S8064

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain school districts and their municipalities to authorize a one-time annual increase to the amount of school district expenditures funded by city funds to be excluded from certain calculations

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2025-S8064 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8644
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2576, Ed L

2025-S8064 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain school districts and their municipalities to sign a memorandum of understanding authorizing a one-time annual increase to the amount of school district expenditures funded by city funds to be excluded from the maintenance of effort calculation.

2025-S8064 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8064 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8064
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  authorizing  certain
   school  districts  and  their  municipalities  to authorize a one-time
   annual increase to the amount of school district  expenditures  funded
   by city funds to be excluded from certain calculations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision  5-b  of  section  2576  of  the
 education law, as added by section 9 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
 of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   b. The city amount shall not be less than the city amount appropriated
 in  the  base  year determined at the time of adoption of the budget for
 the ensuing fiscal year, and shall not be  less  than  the  city  amount
 expended  in  the base year determined as of the end of the school year.
 Provided, however, in the event the total amount of  city  funds  relied
 upon to balance such budget is lower than the total amount of city funds
 appropriated  in the base year, as determined at the time of adoption of
 such budget, the city amount may be reduced by up to the same percentage
 as the overall percentage decrease in city funds between the  base  year
 and  the ensuing fiscal year. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW
 TO THE CONTRARY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S RESPECTIVE
 MUNICIPALITY MAY SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO AUTHORIZE A  ONE-
 TIME  ANNUAL INCREASE IN THE CITY AMOUNT TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MAINTE-
 NANCE OF EFFORT CALCULATION. SUCH MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING  SHALL  BE
 ADOPTED  PRIOR  TO  THE  APPROPRIATION  OR TRANSFER OF SUCH FUNDS TO THE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13134-01-5

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