Bill Text: NY S01807 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education of the state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improvements to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01807 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01807-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1807

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 15, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  JORDAN,  BOYLE,  GALLIVAN, ORTT -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Education

        AN  ACT requiring the commissioner of education of the state of New York
          to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid  appor-
          tionment  formulas,  make  recommendations  for  improvements  to such
          formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  education of the state of New York
     2  shall conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the sufficiency of current
     3  education aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for  improve-
     4  ments  to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recom-
     5  mendations.
     6    § 2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to,  the  following
     7  information:
     8    (a)  an  assessment  of the impact of the tax cap on increased funding
     9  needs;
    10    (b) increased costs to each school district;
    11    (c) changes in wealth of each district;
    12    (d) increased requirements placed on districts through state mandates,
    13  including the implementation of higher learning standards and testing;
    14    (e) recommendations for new aid apportionment formulas; and
    15    (f) any additional information the  commissioner  of  education  deems
    16  pertinent for the purposes of this act.
    17    §  3.  For the purposes of this act, the commissioner of education may
    18  conduct such study in conjunction with any other  department,  division,
    19  board,  bureau,  commission,  agency,  or  public authority of the state
    20  deemed necessary. To the  maximum  extent  feasible,  such  commissioner
    21  shall  be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such resources and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  data of any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agen-
     2  cy, or public authority of the state as he or she may reasonably request
     3  to properly carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this act.
     4    §  4.  The  commissioner of education shall deliver such report to the
     5  governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the
     6  assembly,  the  chair of the senate committee on education and the chair
     7  of the assembly committee on education no later than December 31, 2022.
     8    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     9  deemed repealed January 1, 2023.