Bill Text: NY S07688 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the definition of tuition for children with handicapping conditions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-07 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07688 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07688-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7688 IN SENATE February 7, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the definition of "tuition" for children with handicapping conditions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 4401 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 470 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 5. "Tuition" shall mean the per pupil cost of all instructional 5 services, supplies and equipment, the operation, maintenance and admin- 6 istration of instructional facilities and allocable debt service for the 7 instructional facilities, as determined by the commissioner. [Approved8tuition] It shall also include direct reimbursement outside the total 9 costs screens, of actual public expenses calculated annually. Tuition 10 shall be computed from expenditures from which no revenue has been 11 received from the following sources: 12 (a) receipts from the federal government; 13 (b) any cash receipts which reduce the cost of an item applied against 14 the item therefor, except gifts, donations and earned interest, and 15 (c) any refunds made or any apportionment or payment received from the 16 state for experimental or special programs as approved by the commis- 17 sioner. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05082-01-9