Bill Text: NY A04981 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4981 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the governing body of each school district which eliminates teaching positions and costs to decrease a proportional amount in administrative costs.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A04981 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04981-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4981
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, COLTON, McDONOUGH, LALOR, FINCH -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Education
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the govern-
          ing body of each school district, which eliminates teaching  positions
          for  any school year, to decrease a proportional amount of administra-
          tive costs
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    The  education  law  is amended by adding a new section
     2  1527-a to read as follows:
     3    § 1527-a. School  budget  reductions.  During  the  consideration  and
     4  adoption  of  the proposed school district budget for any school year in
     5  which there is the proposed elimination of any teaching  position  or  a
     6  decrease  in salary or costs associated with such positions, the govern-
     7  ing body of the school district shall make a  proportional  decrease  in
     8  the  amount  of funding allocated to administrative costs including cost
     9  associated with positions and salaries of administrative staff  in  such
    10  proposed budget.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately.  Effective immediately
    12  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    13  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    14  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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