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A06964 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A6964
 
SPONSOR: Paulin

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to
requiring itemization, by school district, of proposed appropriations to
the education department for the support of school districts
 
 
PURPOSE: Requires the budget submitted by the governor to include an
itemization, by each individual school district, of appropriations for
the support of school districts.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section one amends section 24 of the state finance law, adding a new

subdivision 6, which requires the apportionment of school district aid
moneys to be included with the governor's annual budget bill.
 
Section two provides the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:  School aid runs are vitally important to the formu-
lation of school budgets. Unfortunately, the release of these projec-
tions is not mandated by law. Their release as a part of the Executive
Budget Proposal has served as an acknowledgement of the complex and
time-consuming nature of the school budgets. Due to the fact that they
are not mandated by law, the governor has the ability to unfairly with-
hold them from his/her budget proposal. This would subject schools to a
shorter amount of time within which to formulate a budget that needs to
be presented and voted upon by their district's voters. This bill would
mandate the release of school aid run projections as a part of the exec-
utive's budget proposal. This would assure superintendents, school

boards, teachers, and parents of access to projections, that they rely
on to develop their school's budget.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New legislation.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

A06964 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6964
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 15, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring itemiza-
          tion,  by school district, of proposed appropriations to the education
          department for the support of school districts
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 24 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. In each budget bill submitted annually  by  the  governor,  and  in
     4  every  amendment  thereof  submitted by the governor, which appropriates
     5  moneys to the education department for the support of school  districts,
     6  there  shall  be included for each such appropriation, the apportionment
     7  thereof to each individual school district in the state.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10255-01-5