Assembly Bill A8279

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to school aid for conversion to full day kindergarten

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A8279 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A4254

2011-A8279 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing aid to school districts which received aid for conversion to full day kindergarten in 2009-2010 and thereafter, until such school district's foundation aid phase-in is implemented.

2011-A8279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8279

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, CONTE, N. RIVERA, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, CROUCH, SAYWARD  --  read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to continuing school aid
  for certain school districts for conversion to full day kindergarten

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of  section 3602 of the education law, as
amended by section 16 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws  of  2007,  is
amended to read as follows:
  9.  Aid  for conversion to full day kindergarten. School districts may
make available full day kindergarten programs for all  children  wishing
to  attend such programs[,].  For aid payable in the two thousand seven-
-two thousand eight school year and thereafter, school  districts  which
provided  any  half-day  kindergarten  programs  or  had no kindergarten
programs in the nineteen hundred  ninety-six--ninety-seven  school  year
and  in  the base year shall be eligible for aid equal to the product of
the district's selected foundation aid calculated pursuant  to  subdivi-
sion  four of this section multiplied by the positive difference result-
ing when the full day  kindergarten  enrollment  of  children  attending
programs  in  the  district  in  the  base  year is subtracted from such
enrollment in the current year.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  SECTION  OF
LAW,  FOR  AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND NINE--TWO THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL
YEAR AND THEREAFTER, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH RECEIVED AID FOR  CONVERSION
TO  FULL  DAY KINDERGARTEN SHALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUCH AID UNTIL SUCH
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FOUNDATION AID PHASE-IN IS IMPLEMENTED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11710-01-1

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