Restores the tuition freeze for charter schools to the 2009-2010 school year level for the City School District of the city of Albany.

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S2007C-2011 Actions

• Jun 15, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 2007C
• Jun 15, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jun 14, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 2007B
• Jun 14, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• Jun 10, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 2007A
• Jun 10, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• Jan 14, 2011: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S2007C-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2007C

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to charter school tuition

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To restore the tuition freeze for charter schools to the 2008-2009
school year level for the City of Albany School District.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1
of section 2856 of the education law, as added by section 21 of part
A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011.

Section 2: Amends subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education law,
as amended by section 22 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011.

Section 3: Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
On July 7, 2010 Governor Paterson vetoed S.6607B, the Article VII bill
for the Education, Labor and Family assistance budget (ELFA). By
doing so he lifted the freeze on per pupil "tuition" paid by school
districts to charter schools, This freeze would mean that charter
schools would receive tuition based on the district's operating
expenses for the 2006-2007 school year. This charter school tuition
freeze was included in last year's budget. By vetoing the freeze
districts now have to send more money per student to charter schools
than they had allocated within their school budgets. For the City
School District of Albany this means a shortfall of between $4.5- $5
million dollars. In order to make up for this loss they may have to
cut up to 100 positions. This is not fair to the students and faculty
of the City School District of Albany.

This legislation would correct this veto by extending the effective
date of the charter school tuition freeze.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Neutral.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section one of
this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and
after July 1, 2010; provided that sections two and three of this act
shall take effect on the same date as sections 21 and 22,
respectively, of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011 take
effect; and provided further that the amendments to subdivision one
and two of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
subdivision as provided in chapter 378 of the laws of 2007, as
amended, when upon such date the provisions of section three of this
act shall take effect.

S2007C-2011 Text

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

                                   2007--C

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 14, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
    reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter school tuition

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


    Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  1  of
  section  2856  of the education law, as added by section 21 of part A of
  chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:

    (iii) for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through [two thou-
  sand twelve--two thousand thirteen] TWO  THOUSAND  ELEVEN--TWO  THOUSAND
  TWELVE school years, the charter school basic tuition shall be the basic
  tuition  computed  for  the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven school
  year pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;
    (IV) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,
  THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR
  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE
  PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
  THAT  FOR  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR
  THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF
  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  IN
  EXCESS  OF  FIVE  THOUSAND  PUPILS,  WHERE THE QUOTIENT OF THE BASE YEAR
  RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OTHER THAN  CHARTER  SCHOOLS
  CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL AND FORMED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT
  AS  A  CHARTER  ENTITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, DIVIDED  BY  THE
  PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD06158-12-2

 S. 2007--C                          2

  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIR-
  TY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER IS TWENTY PERCENT OR MORE,  BASED  ON
  DATA  ON  FILE  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  AND IN THE DATABASE USED BY THE
  COMMISSIONER  TO  PRODUCE  AN  UPDATED  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE ON FEBRUARY
  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION
  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CHARTER
  SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION  COMPUTED  FOR  THE  TWO
  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
  OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
    S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section
  2856 of the education law, as amended by section 22 of part A of chapter
  58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:

    (iii) for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven through [two thou-
  sand  twelve--two  thousand  thirteen] TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND
  TWELVE school years, the charter school basic tuition shall be the basic
  tuition computed for the two thousand ten--two  thousand  eleven  school
  year pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;
    (IV)  FOR  THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
  THE CHARTER SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION COMPUTED FOR
  THE TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN SCHOOL YEAR  PURSUANT  TO  THE
  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
  THAT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT  FOR
  THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF
  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, IN
  EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND PUPILS, WHERE THE  QUOTIENT  OF  THE  BASE  YEAR
  RESIDENT  PUPILS  ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OTHER THAN CHARTER SCHOOLS
  CONVERTED FROM AN EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL AND FORMED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT
  AS A CHARTER ENTITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, DIVIDED BY THE
  PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT
  TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  THIR-
  TY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS CHAPTER IS TWENTY PERCENT OR MORE, BASED ON
  DATA ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND  IN  THE  DATABASE  USED  BY  THE
  COMMISSIONER  TO  PRODUCE  AN  UPDATED  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE ON FEBRUARY
  FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION
  TWENTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE CHARTER
  SCHOOL BASIC TUITION SHALL BE THE BASIC TUITION  COMPUTED  FOR  THE  TWO
  THOUSAND  NINE--TWO  THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
  OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
  ments  to  subdivision  1  of  section 2856 of the education law made by
  section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivi-
  sion as provided in chapter 378 of the laws of 2007,  as  amended,  when
  upon  such  date  the  provisions  of section two of this act shall take
  effect.