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.  [Approved
     8  tuition]  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
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