Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2016 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
Mar 11, 2015 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S4215
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
2015-S4215 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4405, Ed L
2015-S4215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4215 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing an annual growth amount for tuition reimbursement for school age programs operated by in-state approved private schools for the education of students with disabilities and special act school districts Purpose of the Bill: To provide an annual growth amount, correlating with New York State personal income growth, in the tuition reimbursement rate for school age programs operated by in-state approved private schools for the education of students with disabilities and special act school districts. Summary of the Provisions of the Bill: Section one amends paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the education law to provide that for the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter, annual tuition rates for special act school districts and in-state approved private residential or non-residential schools educating students with disabilities that are located within the state shall increase by the greater of a three year average of State-wide total personal income or zero.
2015-S4215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4215 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 11, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- (at request of the State Education Department) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing an annual growth amount for tuition reimbursement for school age programs oper- ated by in-state approved private schools for the education of students with disabilities and special act school districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the educa- tion law, as amended by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: c. The director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner [of education], the commissioner of social services, and any other state agency or other source the director may deem appropriate, shall approve reimbursement methodologies for tuition and for maintenance. Any modifi- cation in the approved reimbursement methodologies shall be subject to the approval of the director of the budget. [Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, tuition rates established for the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six school year shall exclude the two percent cost of living adjustment authorized in rates established for the nineteen hundred ninety-four--ninety-five school year.] TUITION RATES APPROVED FOR THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER FOR SPECIAL SERVICES OR PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS BY APPROVED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILI- TIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, AND BY SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL GROW BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF: (I) THE AVERAGE, ROUNDED TO THREE DECIMAL PLACES, OF THE QUOTIENTS OF THE TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME OF TAXPAYERS IN THE STATE FOR EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR IN THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD FINISHING WITH THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ONE YEAR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08391-01-5
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