Bill Text: NY A09903 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the calculation of nonpublic schools' eligibility to receive aid.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-12 - substituted by s8175 [A09903 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09903-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9903
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 21, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, McDONALD, SCHIMMINGER, BRABENEC, BENEDET-
          TO,  MAYER,  BARNWELL,  ROZIC,  FAHY,  STIRPE,  MORINELLO, BRAUNSTEIN,
          COLTON, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, D'URSO, JONES, WALLACE, WOERNER, LAVINE,
          SEPULVEDA, PICHARDO, TITONE, NOLAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
          RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT  to amend chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, relating to providing
          for the 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 evaluation
          programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting  of
          basic  educational  data,  in relation to the calculation of nonpublic
          schools' eligibility to receive aid
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 3 of chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, relating to
     2  providing for the apportionment of state  monies  to  certain  nonpublic
     3  schools,  to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain
     4  state requirements for the administration of state  testing  and  evalu-
     5  ation programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting
     6  of basic educational data, as amended by section 17 of part YYY of chap-
     7  ter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     8    §  3.  Apportionment.  a. The commissioner shall annually apportion to
     9  each qualifying school, for school years beginning  on  and  after  July
    10  first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, an amount equal to the actual cost
    11  incurred  by  each  such  school  during  the  preceding school year for
    12  providing services required by law  to  be  rendered  to  the  state  in
    13  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  the  state's  pupil  evaluation
    14  program, the basic educational data system,  regents  examinations,  the
    15  statewide  evaluation  plan,  the uniform procedure for pupil attendance
    16  reporting, the state's immunization  program  and  other  similar  state
    17  prepared examinations and reporting procedures.
    18    b.  Such  nonpublic  schools shall be eligible to receive aid based on
    19  the number of days or portion of days attendance is taken and  either  a
    20  5.0/5.5  hour  standard instructional day, or another work day as certi-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11545-01-7
        A. 9903                             2
     1  fied by the nonpublic school officials, in accordance with the methodol-
     2  ogy for computing salary and  benefits  applied  by  the  department  in
     3  paying  aid for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen and prior
     4  school years.
     5    c. The commissioner shall annually apportion to each qualifying school
     6  in  the  cities  of  New  York,  Buffalo and Rochester, for school years
     7  beginning on or after July first two thousand sixteen, an  amount  equal
     8  to  the  actual  cost  incurred by each such school during the preceding
     9  school year in meeting the recording and reporting requirements  of  the
    10  state  school  immunization program, provided that the state's liability
    11  shall be limited to the amount appropriated for this purpose.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.