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A.+1506 Summary:

BILL NOA01506
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORJean-Pierre (MS)
 
COSPNSRNorris, Jacobson, Steck
 
MLTSPNSRSimon
 
Amd §3604, Ed L
 
Provides that state aid payments due for prior years shall be paid either from funds available in the general support for public school appropriation as a result of the deduction of excess payments of aid; or within the limit of the appropriation designated therefor.
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A.+1506 Actions:

BILL NOA01506
 
01/17/2023referred to education
01/03/2024referred to education
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A.+1506 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A1506
 
SPONSOR: Jean-Pierre (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the payment of moneys due for prior years and the apportionment of moneys to school districts   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires that all money owed to school districts from prior year adjust- ments be deducted from balance owed to the state for past prior-year adjustments.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. amends subdivision 1 of section 3604 of the education law by adding a new paragraph c, requiring state aid due to schools from prior year adjustments be subtracted from the total amount the school owes the state from prior year adjustments. Section 2. is the enacting clause.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A   JUSTIFICATION: Many schools have an overall negative fund balance with the State Educa- tion Department. Some of those same schools are also owed money due to prior year adjustments, which districts can remit to the school over a period of decades. This legislation allows the two balance sheets to be reconciled immediately, simplifying the financial records of our incom- prehensible education funding system.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2019-20: A10036/S7684 2021-22: A1807/S1966   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None to the state.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A.+1506 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1506
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. JEAN-PIERRE, NORRIS, JACOBSON, STECK -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Education
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the payment of moneys
          due for  prior  years  and  the  apportionment  of  moneys  to  school
          districts

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the  educa-
     2  tion law, as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    c.  Payment  of moneys due for prior years. State aid payments due for
     5  prior years in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision  shall
     6  be  paid  either:  (i)  from  funds available in the general support for
     7  public school appropriation as a  result  of  the  deduction  of  excess
     8  payments  of  aid  pursuant  to paragraph a of this subdivision; or (ii)
     9  within the limit of  the  appropriation  designated  therefor  provided,
    10  however,  that each eligible claim shall be payable in the order that it
    11  has been approved for payment by the commissioner, but in no case  shall
    12  a single claim draw down more than forty percent of the appropriation so
    13  designated  for  a single year, and provided further that no claim shall
    14  be set aside for insufficiency of funds to make a complete payment,  but
    15  shall be eligible for a partial payment in one year and shall retain its
    16  priority  date status for appropriations designated for such purposes in
    17  future years.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02929-01-3
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