STATE OF NEW YORK
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8078
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT in relation to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming
certain transportation contracts of the Syracuse city school district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken
2 or caused to be had and taken by the Syracuse city school district and
3 by all officers, employees or agents of such school district relating to
4 or in connection with transportation contracts E275976 and E275975 of
5 the 2018-2019 school year, and all acts incidental hereto are hereby
6 legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any fail-
7 ure to comply with the contract award, approval and filing provisions of
8 the education law, the general municipal law or any other law or any
9 other statutory authority, rule or regulation, other than those filing
10 provisions defined in paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of
11 the education law, in relation to any omission, error, defect, irreg-
12 ularity or illegality in such proceeding had and taken and provided that
13 the failure to submit a transportation contract in a timely manner was
14 an inadvertent administrative or ministerial oversight by the school
15 district, and there is no evidence of any fraudulent or other improper
16 intent by such district. The state education department is hereby
17 directed to consider the aforementioned contracts for transportation aid
18 as valid and proper obligations of the Syracuse city school district and
19 shall not recover from such district any penalty arising from the fail-
20 ure to submit a transportation contract in a timely manner, provided
21 that any amounts already so recovered shall be deemed a payment of
22 moneys due for prior years pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision 5 of
23 section 3604 of the education law and shall be paid to the school
24 district pursuant to such provision.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11825-02-1
