Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 31, 2016 |
signed chap.514 |
Dec 20, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 08, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.53 substituted for a7675a |
May 24, 2016 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 16, 2016 |
amended on third reading 5795a |
Feb 29, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 25, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 24, 2016 |
1st report cal.225 |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 25, 2015 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1897 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 03, 2015 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5795A
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
Bill Amendments
2015-S5795 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7675
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1608, 1716, 2116-a & 2022, add §3653, Ed L
2015-S5795 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5795 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring notice of reserve funds and reserves funded by resolution and to require that each school district post on its website, if any, a final annual budget and any multi-year financial plan adopted by the board of education or trustees PURPOSE: To provide increased transparency in school district fiscal operations. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Sections 1 and 2 of this bill would amend Subdivision 5 of Section 1608 and Subdivision 5 of Section 1716 of the Education Law to require school districts to include a schedule of all reserve funds as part of the detailed statement that is appended to the annual budget document. Section 3 of this bill adds a new Section 3653 to the Education Law to require boards of education or trustees of a school district to authorize any increased funding of reserves by resolution. Section 4 of this bill adds a new subdivision 3-b to Section 2116-a of the Education Law to require each school district to post on its website, if any, the annual external audit report and the corrective action plan prepared in response to any findings contained in the annual external audit report or management letter, or any final audit
2015-S5795 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5795 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- (at request of the State Comptroller) -- 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 requiring notice of reserve funds and reserves funded by resolution and to require that each school district post on its website, if any, a final annual budg- et and any multi-year financial plan adopted by the board of education or trustees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 1608 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 5. The trustee or board of trustees shall append to the statement of estimated expenditures a detailed statement of the total compensation to be paid to the superintendent of schools, and any assistant or associate superintendents of schools in the ensuing school year, including a delineation of the salary, annualized cost of benefits and any in-kind or other form of remuneration, AND A SCHEDULE OF RESERVE FUNDS, SETTING FORTH THE NAME OF EACH RESERVE FUND, A DESCRIPTION OF ITS PURPOSE, THE BALANCE AS OF THE CLOSE OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR AND A BRIEF STATEMENT EXPLAINING ANY PLANS FOR THE USE OF EACH SUCH RESERVE FUND FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR. The trustees shall also append a list of all other school administrators and supervi- sors, if any, whose annual salary will be eighty-five thousand dollars or more in the ensuing school year, with the title of their positions and annual salary identified; provided however, that the commissioner may adjust such salary level to reflect increases in administrative salaries after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-eight. The trus- tees shall submit a copy of such list and statement, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, of compensation to the commissioner EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10879-02-5
2015-S5795A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7675
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1608, 1716, 2116-a & 2022, add §3653, Ed L
2015-S5795A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5795A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring notice of reserve funds and reserves funded by resolution and to require that each school district post on its website, if any, a final annual budget and any multi-year financial plan adopted by the board of education or trustees PURPOSE : To provide increased transparency in school district fiscal operations. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Sections 1 and 1-a of this bill amend paragraph a of Subdivision 7 of Section 1608 of the Education Law and Sections 2 and 2-a amend paragraph a of Section 1716 of the Education Law to require school districts to include a schedule of all reserve funds as part of the detailed statement that is appended to the annual budget document. Section 3 of this bill adds a new Section 3653 to the Education Law to require boards of education or trustees of a school district to authorize any increased funding of reserves by resolution. Section 4 of this bill adds a new subdivision 3-b to Section 2116-a of
2015-S5795A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5795--A Cal. No. 225 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- (at request of the State Comptroller) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Educa- tion in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring notice of reserve funds and reserves funded by resolution and to require that each school district post on its website, if any, a final annual budg- et and any multi-year financial plan adopted by the board of education or trustees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 1608 of the educa- tion law, as amended by section 4 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: a. Each year, commencing with the proposed budget for the two thou- sand--two thousand one school year, the trustee or board of trustees shall prepare a property tax report card, pursuant to regulations of the commissioner, and shall make it publicly available by transmitting it to local newspapers of general circulation, appending it to copies of the proposed budget made publicly available as required by law, making it available for distribution at the annual meeting, and otherwise dissem- inating it as required by the commissioner. Such report card shall include: (i) the amount of total spending and total estimated school tax levy that would result from adoption of the proposed budget and the percentage increase or decrease in total spending and total school tax levy from the school district budget for the preceding school year; and (ii) the district's tax levy limit determined pursuant to section two thousand twenty-three-a of this title, and the estimated school tax EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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