Bill Text: NY S04988 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the computation of foundation aid and successful schools aid for small city school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - PRINT NUMBER 4988B [S04988 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04988-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4988--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 28, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, FARLEY, RITCHIE, SERINO, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accord- ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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 § 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09114-04-6
