Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 18, 2013 |
signed chap.540 |
Dec 06, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2013 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.641 substituted for a7226 |
Jun 17, 2013 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1393 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 04, 2013 |
reported and committed to finance |
May 08, 2013 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5087
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2013-S5087 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7226
- Law Section:
- Rockland County
2013-S5087 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5087 TITLE OF BILL: An act to authorize the commissioner of education to disregard a reduction in the apportionment of public money to the Clarkstown central school district PURPOSE: Provides that the Clarkstown central school district shall be entitled to full aid notwithstanding the fact that they were in session for only 179 days. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill provides that, notwith- standing the fact that the Clarkstown central school district was only in session for one hundred seventy-nine days in the 2012-2013 school year, the Commissioner of Education is authorized to disregard the reduction of state aid required pursuant to section 3604 of the Educa- tion Law and shall pay the Clarkstown central school district it's apportionment as if it had been in session for the required one hundred eighty days. Section 2 provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: The Clarkstown Central School District failed to meet the minimum of 180 session days due to devastating weather conditions caused by Super-Storm Sandy and an unexpected snowstorm on March 8, 2013. Under ordinary circumstances, Education Law requires that districts utilize scheduled vacation days to make-up any days of instruction to fulfill the 180-day requirement. However, Clarkstown was unable to reschedule days during available vacation days during "Spring Break" due to possi-
2013-S5087 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 5087 A. 7226 2013-2014 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y May 8, 2013 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa- tion IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of education to disregard a reduction in the apportionment of public money to the Clarkstown central school district THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding the fact that the Clarkstown central school district was only in session for one hundred seventy-nine days in the 2012-2013 school year, the commissioner of education is authorized to disregard the reduction of state aid required pursuant to section 3604 of the education law and shall pay such school district its apportion- ment as if the school district had been in session for the required one hundred eighty days. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10793-01-3
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