NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8139

Senate Bill S8139

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the assessment of extraordinary needs count for purposes of the apportionment of public moneys to school districts employing eight or more teachers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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May 15, 2025	referred to education

2025-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L

2025-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the assessment of extraordinary needs count for purposes of the apportionment of public moneys to school districts employing eight or more teachers; defines count of homeless children and children or youth in foster care.

2025-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8139

SPONSOR: LIU
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to the extraordinary
needs count for purposes of the apportionment of public moneys to school
districts employing eight or more teachers

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To ensure equitable funding for school districts by recognizing the
additional needs of students experiencing homelessness, in foster care,
or in temporary housing, and adjusting the extraordinary needs count
accordingly.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Education Law Section 3602, subdivision 1, paragraph S
to include a weighted count for students identified as homeless or in
foster care. The "Extraordinary needs count" will now include the sum of
the product of the English language learner (ELL) count multiplied by

the ELL weight, the poverty count, the sparsity count, and the newly
added count of homeless children and children or youth in foster care.

Section 2 establishes a new definition for the "count of homeless chil-
dren and children or youth in foster care," which shall be calculated as
the sum of the product of students identified at any point in the most
recently completed school year as homeless or in foster care, multiplied
by thirty-two percent.

Section 3 provides for an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Students that are in foster care or are experiencing homelessness face
unique challenges that require additional educational resources.  These
populations are often more vulnerable to academic disruptions, instabil-
ity, and as a result experience reduced access to learning opportu-
nities. By amending the Extraordinary Needs Count to include these
groups, the bill seeks to provide school districts with additional fund-
ing to support tailored interventions and services for these students.

This measure aims to close the equity gap in education funding, ensuring
that schools serving the most at-risk students have the necessary
resources to address their needs effectively. Recognizing these students
within the extraordinary needs count acknowledges the systemic barriers
they face and provides school districts with targeted financial support
to mitigate these specific challenges.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided, however, that if
section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025 shall not have
taken effect on or before such date then section one of this act shall
take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such part of such
chapter of the laws of 2025, takes effect.

2025-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8139
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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  the  extraordinary
   needs  count  for  purposes  of  the apportionment of public moneys to
   school districts employing eight or more teachers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph s of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the  laws
 of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   s.  "Extraordinary  needs  count" shall mean the sum of the product of
 the English language learner count multiplied by the ELL  weight,  plus,
 the  poverty  count [and], the sparsity count, AND THE COUNT OF HOMELESS
 CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE, provided  that  the  'ELL
 weight'  shall  be five tenths (0.50) for the two thousand twenty-four--
 two thousand twenty-five school year and prior, and shall  be  equal  to
 fifty-three hundredths (0.53) in the two thousand twenty-five--two thou-
 sand twenty-six school year and thereafter.
   §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph nn to read as follows:
   NN. "COUNT OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OR YOUTH IN FOSTER  CARE"
 SHALL MEAN THE SUM OF THE PRODUCT OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AT ANY POINT IN
 THE MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED SCHOOL YEAR AS HOMELESS CHILDREN, AS DEFINED
 BY SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR CHILDREN OR YOUTH
 IN  FOSTER  CARE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR OF
 THIS CHAPTER, MULTIPLIED BY THIRTY-TWO PERCENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided, however,  that
 if  section  4-a  of  part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025 shall not
 have taken effect on or before such date then section one  of  this  act
 shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same manner as such part
 of such chapter of the laws of 2025, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13125-01-5

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