Provides for inclusion of the school district's regional cost index in calculating the supplemental education improvement plan grant amount for Yonkers city school district.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4513
SPONSOR: Pretlow TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to supplemental educa-
tional improvement plan grants
PURPOSE:
This bill captures regional cost indexes in calculating SEIP grants.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section I of this bill amends Paragraph B of Subdivision 8 of Section
3641 of the Education Law, as amended by Section 29 of Part B of Chapter
57 of the laws of 2008 to read as follows: To the Yonkers City School
District there shall be paid seventeen million five hundred thousand
dollars multiplied by such District's regional cost index.
JUSTIFICATION:
Regional cost indexes were recently adopted under the State's new Foun-
dation Aid formula for public education. Certain school districts,
however, may also receive. SEIP grants, which are designed to provide
additional State funds for the continuation of programs and services
under a court ordered plan. These funds should also be subject to the
regional cost differences accounted for in the new school aid formula.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-2022 A1701 Referred to Education
2019-2020 A3574 Referred to education
01/03/18 A2119 referred to education
01/06/16 A784 referred to education
01/07/15 A784 referred to education
A2785 2013-14 referred to education
A9009 2011-12 referred to education
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
An estimated $2.67 million to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4513
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 16, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to supplemental educa-
tional improvement plan grants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 8 of section 3641 of the educa-
2 tion law, as amended by section 29 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
3 of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
4 b. To the Yonkers city school district there shall be paid seventeen
5 million five hundred thousand dollars ($17,500,000) multiplied by such
6 district's regional cost index, pursuant to subparagraph two of para-
7 graph a of subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two of this
8 article, on an annual basis. Such grant shall be payable from funds
9 appropriated for such purpose and shall be apportioned to the Yonkers
10 city school district in accordance with the payment schedules contained
11 in section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this article, notwithstanding
12 any provision of law to the contrary.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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