NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3064

Senate Bill S3064

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that all expenditures related to health insurance or retirement benefits not be included when determining total spending for a school's contingency budget

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2009-S3064 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9508
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2023, Ed L

2009-S3064 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all expenditures related to health insurance or retirement benefits not be included when determining total spending for a school's contingency budget.

2009-S3064 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3064

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
school district contingency budgets

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill amends the Education Law to provide that all expenditures
related to pension and other retirement benefits or health insurance
and other health related costs not be included for determining total
spending for purposes of a school district's contingency budget.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one amends Section 2023 of the education law, as added by
section 24 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, by adding a
sub-section which provides that all expenditures related to pension
and other retirement benefits, health insurance and other health
related costs be disregarded when determining total spending for
purposes of a school district's contingency budget.

 EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THE BILL WILL ALTER :

This bill amends the education law by taking out pension and other
retirement benefits and health insurance and other health related
costs when determining total spending for purposes of a school

district's contingency budget.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Because of the current budget deficit, looming cuts in school aid and
skyrocketing pension and healthcare costs school districts may be
unable to meet their budgetary needs if their proposed budgets are not
approved and limitations on contingency budgets imposed by the state
do not adequately reflect the fiscal requirements of the school
districts in light of the growing burden placed on schools by the
escalating costs of pension, other retirement benefits, health
insurance and other health related items. This bill would ensure that
contingency budgets would not wrongfully punish children for expenses
out of the school districts' control by lifting the cap placed on
contingency budgets in respect to that portion of a school district's
budget comprised of pensions, other retirement benefits, health
insurance and other health related expenses.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

A6861 of 2003-2004.
A345 of 2005-2006.
A1434/S3518 of 2007-2008

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S3064 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3064

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- 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  school  district
  contingency budgets

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

  Section 1.  Subparagraphs (vi), (vii), and (vii) of subdivision  4  of
section  2023  of  the  education  law,  subparagraph (vi) as separately
amended by section 1 of part D2 of chapter 57 and  chapter  422  of  the
laws  of  2007,  subparagraph  (vii) as added by section 1 of part D2 of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, and subparagraph (vii) as added by chap-
ter 422 of the laws of 2007, are amended and two new subparagraphs  (ix)
and (x) are added to read as follows:
  (vi)  non-recurring  expenditures  in the prior year's school district
budget; [and]
  (vii) expenditures for payments to charter schools pursuant to section
twenty-eight hundred fifty-six of this chapter[.];
  [(vii)] (VIII) expenditures for self-supporting programs. For purposes
of this subparagraph, "self-supporting programs" shall mean any programs
that are entirely funded by private funds that cover all  the  costs  of
the program[.];
  (IX) EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH RELATED ITEMS; AND
  (X) EXPENDITURES FOR ANY PENSIONS OR RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08960-01-9

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