Bill Text: NY A00891 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the calculation of the "pupil wealth ratio" for school aid purposes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A00891 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A00891-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 891 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the calculation of the "pupil wealth ratio" for school aid purposes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of the 2 education law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 57 of the 3 laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: 4 a. (1) "Pupil wealth ratio" shall mean the number computed to three 5 decimals without rounding obtained when actual valuation of a school 6 district divided by, when applicable, the sum of the total wealth pupil 7 units and, if the district's number of resident students enrolled in 8 non-public school is more than twice the number of resident students 9 enrolled in public school and if the public school enrollment is over 10 one thousand, twenty-five per centum of the resident students enrolled 11 in non-public school of the district, is divided by the statewide aver- 12 age actual valuation per total wealth pupil unit as computed by the 13 commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such 14 statewide average actual valuation per total wealth pupil unit shall be 15 established each year by the commissioner using the latest single year 16 actual valuation computed under paragraph c of subdivision one of this 17 section. Such statewide average shall be transmitted to the school 18 districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded to the nearest 19 hundredth and shall include the actual valuation and total wealth pupil 20 units of all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to this section 21 except central high school districts. For the purposes of calculating 22 such statewide average the data for the city school district of the city 23 of New York shall be citywide data. 24 (2) "Pupil wealth ratio for total foundation aid" shall mean the 25 number computed to three decimals without rounding obtained when the 26 selected actual valuation of a school district divided by, when applica- 27 ble, the sum of the total wealth pupil units and, if the district's EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04377-01-1A. 891 2 1 number of resident students enrolled in non-public school is more than 2 twice the number of resident students enrolled in public school and if 3 the public school enrollment is over one thousand, twenty-five per 4 centum of the resident students enrolled in non-public school of the 5 district, is divided by the statewide average selected actual valuation 6 per total wealth pupil unit as computed by the commissioner in accord- 7 ance with the provisions of this section. Such statewide average 8 selected actual valuation per total wealth pupil unit shall be estab- 9 lished each year by the commissioner using the selected actual valuation 10 computed under paragraph c of subdivision one of this section. Such 11 statewide average shall be transmitted to the school districts. Such 12 statewide average shall be rounded to the nearest hundredth and shall 13 include the selected actual valuation and total wealth pupil units of 14 all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to this section except 15 central high school districts. For the purposes of calculating such 16 statewide average the data for the city school district of the city of 17 New York shall be citywide data. 18 b. (1) "Alternate pupil wealth ratio" shall mean the number computed 19 to three decimals without rounding obtained when the adjusted gross 20 income of a school district for the calendar year two years prior to the 21 calendar year in which the base year began divided by, when applicable, 22 the sum of the total wealth pupil units of such district and, if the 23 district's number of resident students enrolled in non-public school is 24 more than twice the number of resident students enrolled in public 25 school and if the public school enrollment is over one thousand, twen- 26 ty-five per centum of the resident students enrolled in non-public 27 school of the district is divided by the statewide adjusted gross income 28 per total wealth pupil unit. Such statewide average gross income per 29 pupil shall be established each year by the commissioner and shall be 30 transmitted to school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded 31 to the nearest hundredth and shall include the adjusted gross income and 32 total wealth pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursu- 33 ant to this section except central high school districts. For the 34 purposes of calculating such statewide average the data for the city 35 school district of the city of New York shall be citywide data. 36 (2) "Alternate pupil wealth ratio for total foundation aid" shall mean 37 the number computed to three decimals without rounding obtained when the 38 selected adjusted gross income of a school district for the calendar 39 year two years prior to the calendar year in which the base year began 40 divided by, when applicable, the sum of the total wealth pupil units of 41 such district and, if the district's number of resident students 42 enrolled in non-public school is more than twice the number of resident 43 students enrolled in public school and if the public school enrollment 44 is over one thousand, twenty-five per centum of the resident students 45 enrolled in non-public school of the district is divided by the state- 46 wide selected adjusted gross income per total wealth pupil unit. Such 47 statewide average selected adjusted gross income per pupil shall be 48 established each year by the commissioner and shall be transmitted to 49 school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded to the nearest 50 hundredth and shall include the selected adjusted gross income and total 51 wealth pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to 52 this section except central high school districts. For the purposes of 53 calculating such statewide average the data for the city school district 54 of the city of New York shall be citywide data. 55 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
