S05661 Summary:

BILL NOS05661A
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORCARLUCCI
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S4405, Ed L; add S97-oooo, St Fin L
 
Relates to certain tuition and reconciliation rates and establishes the special education provider revolving loan fund.
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S05661 Actions:

BILL NOS05661A
 
05/31/2013REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/08/2014REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/21/2014AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
01/21/2014PRINT NUMBER 5661A
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S05661 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S05661 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5661--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 31, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
          to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee
 

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  certain  tuition  and
          reconciliation  rates; and to amend the state finance law, in relation
          to the special education provider revolving loan fund
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  4405 of the education law is
     2  amended by adding two new paragraphs j and k to read as follows:
     3    j. The tuition rates established for  special  act  school  districts,
     4  approved  private  schools  for  students  of  school  age, and approved
     5  providers of services pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of this
     6  article for the two thousand fourteen - fifteen tuition  rate  year  and

     7  all  subsequent  years thereafter shall equal the product of the tuition
     8  rate for the base year and personal income growth index  as  defined  by
     9  paragraph  bb  of  subdivision  one of section thirty-six hundred two of
    10  this chapter.
    11    k. All reconciliation rates filed after July first, two thousand four-
    12  teen in accordance with section 200.9  of  the  department's  rules  and
    13  regulations shall be acted upon by the director of the budget within one
    14  hundred twenty days of submission to the department. Such rates shall be
    15  deemed approved by the director of the budget in the event that no final
    16  action  is taken by the director of the budget within one hundred twenty
    17  days from the submission of the reconciliation rate to the department.

    18    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  97-oooo
    19  to read as follows:
    20    §  97-oooo.  Special education provider revolving loan fund.  1. There
    21  is hereby established in the joint custody of the  comptroller  and  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11317-02-4

        S. 5661--A                          2
 
     1  commissioner  of  taxation and finance a fund to be known as the special
     2  education provider revolving loan  fund.  Such  fund  shall  consist  of
     3  moneys made available pursuant to appropriation and any other sources in

     4  order  to  provide support special act school districts, state education
     5  department approved private schools for special  education  students  of
     6  school  age,  and  approved  providers  of  services pursuant to section
     7  forty-four hundred ten of the education law.  Moneys shall be  paid  out
     8  of  the  fund on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller pursuant
     9  to such section.
    10    2. The comptroller may provide such a loan to  a  special  act  school
    11  district  or  approved special education provider defined in subdivision
    12  one of this section upon receipt of  a  written  agreement  between  the
    13  school district or provider and the state education department outlining
    14  the  need  for  such loan and the anticipated tuition payment or tuition

    15  reconciliation that will provide reasonable assurances of repayment that
    16  is satisfactory to the comptroller. Such loan shall  not  bear  interest
    17  and  repayment of such loan may be made upon receipt of tuition payments
    18  and reconciliations, pursuant to the written agreement.
    19    3. The state comptroller shall promulgate rules and regulations within
    20  ninety days of the effective date of this section for the  operation  of
    21  the  special education provider revolving loan fund which shall include,
    22  but not be limited to, the criteria to be used  in  determining  how  an
    23  eligible  special education provider may receive assistance; a procedure
    24  and any necessary information that a special education provider needs to

    25  submit for a loan from the special  education  provider  revolving  loan
    26  fund;  a  schedule for reviewing such applications, not to exceed thirty
    27  days, and notification to an applicant of  approval  or  disapproval  of
    28  such application for a loan, and any other requirements deemed necessary
    29  by the state comptroller.
    30    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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