Assembly Actions -
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May 15, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S8139
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 16th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3602, Ed L
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
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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