Bill Text: NY S04215 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing an annual growth amount for the tuition reimbursement for school age programs operated by in-state approved private schools for the education of students with disabilities and special act school districts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S04215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04215-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4215
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FLANAGAN  --  (at  request  of the State Education
         Department) -- 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 providing an annual
         growth amount for tuition reimbursement for school age programs  oper-
         ated  by  in-state  approved  private  schools  for  the  education of
         students with disabilities and special act school districts
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the educa-
    2  tion law, as amended by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995,  is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    c.  The  director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner
    5  [of education], the commissioner of social services, and any other state
    6  agency or other source the director may deem appropriate, shall  approve
    7  reimbursement methodologies for tuition and for maintenance. Any modifi-
    8  cation  in  the approved reimbursement methodologies shall be subject to
    9  the approval of the director of the budget. [Notwithstanding  any  other
   10  provision  of  law,  rule  or  regulation to the contrary, tuition rates
   11  established for the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six school year
   12  shall exclude the two percent cost of living  adjustment  authorized  in
   13  rates  established  for  the  nineteen  hundred ninety-four--ninety-five
   14  school year.] TUITION RATES APPROVED FOR THE TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN--TWO
   15  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  THEREAFTER FOR SPECIAL SERVICES OR
   16  PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS BY APPROVED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
   17  OR NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH  DISABILI-
   18  TIES  THAT  ARE  LOCATED  WITHIN  THE  STATE,  AND BY SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL
   19  DISTRICTS SHALL GROW BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO THE GREATER  OF:  (I)  THE
   20  AVERAGE,  ROUNDED TO THREE DECIMAL PLACES, OF THE QUOTIENTS OF THE TOTAL
   21  PERSONAL INCOME OF TAXPAYERS IN THE STATE FOR EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR  IN
   22  THE  THREE-YEAR  PERIOD  FINISHING  WITH  THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ONE YEAR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08391-01-5
       S. 4215                             2
    1  PRIOR TO THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE BASE YEAR COMMENCED  DIVIDED
    2  BY  THE  TOTAL  PERSONAL INCOME OF TAXPAYERS OF THE STATE FOR EACH IMME-
    3  DIATELY PRECEDING STATE FISCAL YEAR, ROUNDED  TO  THREE  DECIMAL  PLACES
    4  MINUS ONE, OR (II) ZERO.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.