Assembly Bill A9900

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the expenditure of pre-kindergarten program grant funds

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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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2009-A9900 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6777
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1580
2013-2014: S1570

2009-A9900 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the expenditure of prekindergarten program grant funds.

2009-A9900 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9900 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9900

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2010
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  expenditure  of
  pre-kindergarten program grant funds

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 3602-e of the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY IN THE
EVENT A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT UNDER  THIS
SECTION  IS  UNABLE TO EXPAND PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AS DETERMINED BY
THE COMMISSIONER THEN SUCH DISTRICT SHALL BE PERMITTED  TO  UTILIZE  THE
EQUIVALENT  OF  SUCH  UNUSED  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  GRANT  FUNDS  FOR  LOCAL
PRE-KINDERGARTEN INITIATIVES, FULL-DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS  AND/OR
TRANSPORTATION  SERVICES  FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN PUPILS AS APPROVED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH EXCESS MAY NOT  BE  GENERATED
THROUGH  A  REDUCTION  IN  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  STUDENTS  SERVED FROM THOSE
SERVED IN THE BASE YEAR.
  S 2. Subdivision 11 of section 3602-e of the education law, as amended
by section 19 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
read as follows:
  11. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision ten of this section,
where the district serves fewer children during the  current  year  than
PROVIDED  FOR  BY  THE GRANT in the base year, the school district shall
have its apportionment reduced in an amount proportional to  such  defi-
ciency  in  the current year or in the succeeding school year, as deter-
mined by the commissioner, except such  reduction  shall  not  apply  to
school districts which have fully implemented a universal pre-kindergar-
ten  program  by making such program available to all eligible children.
SUCH REDUCTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO DISTRICTS THAT REDUCE  THE  NUMBER  OF
AVAILABLE  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  STUDENTS  SERVED  SO  LONG  AS THE DISTRICT
CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN PROVIDED FOR IN THE BASE YEAR.
Expenses incurred by the school district in implementing  a  pre-kinder-
garten  program  plan pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed ordi-
nary contingent expenses.
  S 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

              

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