Bill Text: NY S04355 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to re-classify the Canton central school district as a high need-rural category based on 2010 census data.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04355 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04355-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4355
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to re-classify the Canton
          central school district as a high need-rural category
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regu-
     2  lation, for the purposes of the calculation of state aid  under  article
     3  73  of the education law, based on 2010 census data, the commissioner of
     4  education shall re-classify the Canton central school district as a high
     5  need-rural category as defined  by  such  commissioner  based  upon  the
     6  need/resource capacity index applicable to such school districts.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09897-01-7