Bill Text: NY S08175 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the calculation of nonpublic schools' eligibility to receive aid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-05 - SIGNED CHAP.347 [S08175 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08175-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8175
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 13, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, relating  to  providing
          for the apportionment of state monies to certain nonpublic schools, to
          reimburse  them  for  their  expenses  in complying with certain state
          requirements for the administration of state  testing  and  evaluation
          programs  and for participation in state programs for the reporting of
          basic educational data, in relation to the  calculation  of  nonpublic
          schools' eligibility to receive aid
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 507 of the laws of 1974,  relating  to
     2  providing  for  the  apportionment  of state monies to certain nonpublic
     3  schools, to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with  certain
     4  state  requirements  for  the administration of state testing and evalu-
     5  ation programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting
     6  of basic educational data, as amended by section 17 of part YYY of chap-
     7  ter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     8    § 3. Apportionment. a. The commissioner shall  annually  apportion  to
     9  each  qualifying  school,  for  school years beginning on and after July
    10  first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, an amount equal to the actual cost
    11  incurred by each such  school  during  the  preceding  school  year  for
    12  providing  services  required  by  law  to  be  rendered to the state in
    13  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  the  state's  pupil  evaluation
    14  program,  the  basic  educational data system, regents examinations, the
    15  statewide evaluation plan, the uniform procedure  for  pupil  attendance
    16  reporting,  the  state's  immunization  program  and other similar state
    17  prepared examinations and reporting procedures.
    18    b. Such nonpublic schools shall be eligible to receive  aid  based  on
    19  the  number  of days or portion of days attendance is taken and either a
    20  5.0/5.5 hour standard instructional day, or another work day  as  certi-
    21  fied by the nonpublic school officials, in accordance with the methodol-
    22  ogy  for  computing  salary  and  benefits  applied by the department in
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11545-01-7
        S. 8175                             2
     1  paying aid for the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen and  prior
     2  school years.
     3    c. The commissioner shall annually apportion to each qualifying school
     4  in  the  cities  of  New  York,  Buffalo and Rochester, for school years
     5  beginning on or after July first two thousand sixteen, an  amount  equal
     6  to  the  actual  cost  incurred by each such school during the preceding
     7  school year in meeting the recording and reporting requirements  of  the
     8  state  school  immunization program, provided that the state's liability
     9  shall be limited to the amount appropriated for this purpose.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.