Relates to amount of apportionments and deficiencies in apportionments of state monies to certain nonpublic schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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21--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT relating to apportionment of state monies to certain nonpublic
schools to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain
state requirements for the administration of state testing and evalu-
ation programs and for participation in state programs for the report-
ing of basic educational data
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding chapters 53 and 496 of the laws of 2008 and
2 any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, and as
3 mandated by chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, the commissioner of educa-
4 tion shall, out of funds made available for such purpose, continue to
5 annually apportion to each qualifying school an amount equal to the
6 actual cost incurred by each qualifying non-public school an amount
7 equal to the cost incurred by each such school during the preceding
8 school year for providing services rendered to the state in compliance
9 with requirements of the state's comprehensive attendance program, pupil
10 evaluation program, the basic educational data system, regents examina-
11 tions, the statewide evaluation plan, the uniform procedure for pupil
12 attendance reporting, and other similar state prepared examinations and
13 reporting procedures. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year for which
14 reimbursement shall be made the following year, qualified schools shall
15 have such reimbursement dispersed to them no later than the last day of
16 December of the school year following the school year in which expenses
17 were incurred.
18 § 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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