Relates to providing aid to school districts for expenses related to the school districts' use of electricity, propane, natural gas, and/or heating oil for the school year.

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A6615-2011 Actions

• May 9, 2012: held for consideration in education
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to education
• Mar 23, 2011: referred to education

A6615-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    6615

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                               March 23, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
    on Education

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing aid to
    school districts for expenses related to the school districts' use  of
    electricity,  propane,  natural gas, and/or heating oil for the school
    year

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1.  Section  3602 of the education law is amended by adding a
  new subdivision 27 to read as follows:

    27. AID FOR ELECTRICITY, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS, AND/OR HEATING OIL  FOR
  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR.  A.  COMMENCING  WITH AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND
  TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  HEREBY
  AUTHORIZED  TO  APPORTION  TO  ANY  SCHOOL DISTRICT AID PURSUANT TO THIS
  SUBDIVISION FOR ITS APPROVED EXPENDITURES, IN EXCESS OF  BASE  YEAR  AID
  RECEIVED,  FOR  EXPENSES  RELATED  TO  THE COST OF ELECTRICITY, PROPANE,
  NATURAL GAS, AND/OR HEATING OIL FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
    B. AID PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL EQUAL TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
  THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS' COST FOR ITS USE OF ELECTRICITY, PROPANE,  NATURAL
  GAS, AND/OR HEATING OIL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD08536-01-1