Bill Text: NY A01886 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to apportion monies for students with disabilities, and for such funds to follow students from one school district to another.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-25 - held for consideration in education [A01886 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01886-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1886
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO, OAKS -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of education to  estab-
          lish  apportionment  methods for certain school districts with respect
          to students with disabilities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Legislative findings. The legislature finds that students
     2  with disabilities often need special accommodations in order to  achieve
     3  the  highest  standards  of  learning.  These special accommodations are
     4  often associated with high costs. The  legislature  further  finds  that
     5  when  a  student  with  a  disability transfers to a new school district
     6  within the same school year, the new school district is without  funding
     7  for such student until the beginning of the next school year.
     8    The  legislature  therefore  finds  that it is necessary to direct the
     9  commissioner of education to  establish  a  method  by  which  a  school
    10  district may receive necessary aid for students with disabilities at any
    11  time, throughout the school year, as may be appropriate.
    12    §  2.  The commissioner of education is hereby directed to establish a
    13  method for apportioning school aid for students with disabilities at any
    14  time, throughout the school year, as may be appropriate.
    15    § 3. The commissioner of education shall establish a special  fund  to
    16  be  used  solely  for  the  purpose  of  supplying interim aid to school
    17  districts that are attended by students with  disabilities,  where  such
    18  student  or students were not accounted for in the initial apportionment
    19  to such school district at the beginning of the school year.
    20    § 4. The commissioner of education shall apportion monies for students
    21  with disabilities on a quarterly basis, and to allow for the  apportion-
    22  ment  to  follow  the  student  from  school district to school district
    23  throughout the school year.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04501-01-7
        A. 1886                             2
     1    § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     2  have become a law. Effective immediately any rules or regulations neces-
     3  sary  for the timely implementation of the provisions of this act on its
     4  effective date may be promulgated on or before such date.