STATE OF NEW YORK
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6442--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 19, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to apportionment for
certain school districts for lower allowable transportation expenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
3 f. In addition to any other apportionment under this subdivision, for
4 the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year and thereaft-
5 er, a school district other than a city school district in a city having
6 a population of one million or more inhabitants shall be eligible for an
7 incentive apportionment where such district can demonstrate to the
8 commissioner cost savings and efficiencies that results in a lower
9 allowable transportation expense for the base year compared to the year
10 prior to the base year; provided, however, that such school district
11 meets the requirements set forth in subparagraph three of this para-
12 graph.
13 (1) The amount of such incentive apportionment under this paragraph
14 shall be equal to the product of:
15 (i) the positive difference in such district's allowable transporta-
16 tion expense for the year prior to the base year minus such district's
17 allowable transportation expense for the base year; and
18 (ii) ten percent.
19 (2) The commissioner shall be authorized to approve a claim for an
20 incentive apportionment under this paragraph provided a school district
21 claiming an incentive apportionment shall have implemented an approved
22 transportation efficiency plan and documented such cost savings and
23 efficiencies in accordance with guidelines established by the commis-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 sioner. If the total statewide incentive apportionment claimed under
2 this paragraph exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000), individual
3 school district incentive apportionments shall be prorated to ensure
4 that the total statewide incentive apportionment does not exceed three
5 million dollars ($3,000,000), provided that such prorated apportionment
6 computed and payable as of September one of the school year immediately
7 following the school year for which such aid is claimed shall be deemed
8 final and not subject to change.
9 (3) To be eligible for the incentive apportionment under this para-
10 graph:
11 (i) Such district must be an independent school district that is
12 subject to the provisions of section two thousand twenty-three-a of the
13 education law and that has adopted a budget that does not exceed the tax
14 levy limit prescribed by that section. The school district must certify
15 its compliance with such tax levy limit in the manner prescribed by
16 subdivision two of section two thousand twenty-three-b of the education
17 law;
18 (ii) such district must be a dependent school district that is subject
19 to the provisions of section three-c of the general municipal law and
20 that has adopted a budget that does not exceed the tax levy limit
21 prescribed by that section. The city must certify its compliance with
22 such tax levy limit in the manner prescribed by subdivision two of
23 section three-d of the general municipal law; and
24 (iii) such district must have a transportation efficiency plan
25 approved by the commissioner.
26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
