Bill Text: NY A05463 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relates to the computation of foundation aid and successful schools aid for small city school districts.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-24 - print number 5463b [A05463 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A05463-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relates to the computation of foundation aid and successful schools aid for small city school districts.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-24 - print number 5463b [A05463 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A05463-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5463
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 24, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the computation of
foundation aid and successful schools aid for small city school
districts
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "small city
2 successful schools act".
3 S 2. Legislative Intent. It is the responsibility of the legislature
4 under article XI of the constitution of the state of New York to estab-
5 lish and maintain a system that will provide all children an opportunity
6 to receive a meaningful high school education. Certain provisions of the
7 education law are not adequate to provide the funding necessary to
8 fulfill that obligation in certain school districts, particularly those
9 in our small cities, many of which have lower wealth and higher student
10 needs than average and are faced with high concentrations of poverty.
11 Moreover, small city school districts function as centers not only for
12 educational purposes but also for health, civic and public safety uses.
13 These services and uses are not adequately supported by existing educa-
14 tion aid.
15 Therefore, it is the intention of the legislature to amend certain
16 provisions of the education law to insure that the necessary funding is
17 available in those districts to help them provide all their children an
18 opportunity to receive a meaningful high school education and to main-
19 tain healthy vibrant educational communities.
20 S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
21 adding a new paragraph hh to read as follows:
22 HH. "SMALL CITY POVERTY CONCENTRATION COUNT" FOR DISTRICTS IN CITIES
23 WITH POPULATIONS FEWER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS IN
24 THE MOST RECENT CENSUS SHALL MEAN THE NUMBER EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FREE AND REDUCED PRICE LUNCH PERCENT AND THE
2 QUOTIENT, COMPUTED TO THREE DECIMALS WITHOUT ROUNDING, OF THE ENROLLMENT
3 PER SQUARE MILE DIVIDED BY TWO, BUT NOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED.
4 ENROLLMENT PER SQUARE MILE SHALL BE THE QUOTIENT, COMPUTED TO TWO DECI-
5 MALS WITHOUT ROUNDING, OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF THE SCHOOL
6 DISTRICT ON THE DATE ENROLLMENT WAS COUNTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
7 SUBDIVISION FOR THE BASE YEAR DIVIDED BY THE SQUARE MILES OF THE
8 DISTRICT, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
9 S 4. Paragraph s of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education
10 law, as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
11 2007, is amended to read as follows:
12 s. "Extraordinary needs count" shall mean the sum of the product of
13 the limited English proficiency count multiplied by fifty percent, plus,
14 the poverty count, THE SMALL CITY POVERTY CONCENTRATION COUNT and the
15 sparsity count.
16 S 5. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 3602 of
17 the education law, as amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 56 of
18 the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
19 (4) The expected minimum local contribution shall equal the lesser of
20 (i) the product of (A) the quotient arrived at when the selected actual
21 valuation is divided by total wealth foundation pupil units, multiplied
22 by (B) the product of the local tax factor, multiplied by the income
23 wealth index, or (ii) the product of (A) the product of the foundation
24 amount, the regional cost index, and the pupil need index, multiplied by
25 (B) the positive difference, if any, of one minus the state sharing
26 ratio for total foundation aid. The local tax factor shall be estab-
27 lished by May first of each year by determining the product, computed to
28 four decimal places without rounding, of ninety percent multiplied by
29 the quotient of the sum of the statewide average tax rate as computed by
30 the commissioner for the current year in accordance with the provisions
31 of paragraph e of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred nine-e
32 of this part plus the statewide average tax rate computed by the commis-
33 sioner for the base year in accordance with such provisions plus the
34 statewide average tax rate computed by the commissioner for the year
35 prior to the base year in accordance with such provisions, divided by
36 three, provided however that for the two thousand seven--two thousand
37 eight school year, such local tax factor shall be sixteen thousandths
38 (0.016), and provided further that for the two thousand eight--two thou-
39 sand nine school year, such local tax factor shall be one hundred
40 fifty-four ten thousandths (0.0154). The income wealth index shall be
41 calculated pursuant to paragraph d of subdivision three of this section,
42 provided, however, that for the purposes of computing the expected mini-
43 mum local contribution the income wealth index shall not be less than
44 [sixty-five] FIFTEEN percent [(0.65)] (0.15) and shall not be more than
45 two hundred percent (2.0) and provided however that such income wealth
46 index shall not be more than ninety-five percent (0.95) for the two
47 thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, and provided further that
48 such income wealth index shall not be less than zero for the two thou-
49 sand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year. The selected actual
50 valuation shall be calculated pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision one
51 of this section. Total wealth foundation pupil units shall be calculated
52 pursuant to paragraph h of subdivision two of this section.
53 S 6. Subdivision 18 of section 3602 of the education law, as added by
54 section 37 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
55 read as follows:
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1 18. Allocable growth amount apportionment. Such amount shall be appor-
2 tioned for a school year pursuant to a chapter of the laws of New York
3 enacted for the state fiscal year in which such school year commences,
4 and shall be allocated to purposes including but not limited to compet-
5 itive grant awards made pursuant to subdivisions five and six of section
6 thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article, THE SMALL CITY SUCCESSFUL
7 SCHOOLS AID ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FORTY-TWO OF THIS SECTION,
8 the foundation aid phase-in amount or other foundation aid increase
9 allocated pursuant to subdivision four of this section and the gap elim-
10 ination adjustment restoration amount apportioned pursuant to subdivi-
11 sion seventeen of this section. In the event that a chapter of the laws
12 of New York enacted for the state fiscal year in which such school year
13 commences is not enacted, the allocations in support of subdivisions
14 five and six of section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this article
15 shall equal the allocations in support of such awards in the base year,
16 and the apportionments pursuant to subdivisions four and seventeen of
17 this section for the current year shall equal the apportionments for
18 such subdivisions four and seventeen for the base year.
19 S 7. Section 3602 of the education law is amended to add a new subdi-
20 vision 42 to read as follows:
21 42. SMALL CITY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS AID. COMMENCING WITH AID PAYABLE IN
22 THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN-TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL
23 DISTRICTS IN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THOSE CITIES HAVING POPULATIONS
24 FEWER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS SHALL BE ELIGI-
25 BLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
26 SUCH DISTRICTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT IN THE
27 TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN-TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, IN
28 AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FREE AND
29 REDUCED PRICE LUNCH PERCENT AND THE PRODUCT OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS AND
30 TOTAL AIDABLE FOUNDATION PUPIL UNITS TO BE USED FOR NEW PROGRAMS OR
31 EXPANDED PROGRAMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH STUDENTS FIRST BEGUN OR EXPANDED
32 IN THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN-TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR OR THERE-
33 AFTER APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
34 A. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMON CORE CURRICULUM;
35 B. CLASS SIZE REDUCTION;
36 C. ACADEMIC INTERVENTION SERVICES;
37 D. RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION SERVICES;
38 E. DROP OUT PREVENTION;
39 F. INCARCERATED YOUTH SERVICES;
40 G. PARENT INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS;
41 H. EXTENDED DAY AND EXTENDED YEAR PROGRAMS; AND
42 I. PSYCHO-SOCIAL TESTING.
43 S 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
