NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3069

Senate Bill S3069

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that any monies expended for pensions or other retirement benefits not be regarded when determining total spending for a school's contingency budget

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2009-S3069 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9506
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2023, Ed L

2009-S3069 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that any monies expended for pensions or other retirement benefits not be regarded when determining total spending for a school's contingency budget.

2009-S3069 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3069

 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 expenditures
related to pensions or retirement benefits not be included when
determining total spending for purposes of a school district's
contingency budget.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one amends subparagraphs (vi), (vii) and (vii) of subdivision
4 of section 2023 of the education law and a new subparagraph (ix) is
added. The new subparagraph (ix) provides that all expenditures
related to pensions or other retirement benefits 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 expenditures for
pensions or other retirement benefits 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 retirement 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 pensions and other retirement benefits. 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 of that portion of a
school district's budget comprised of pensions or other retirement
benefits.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

A.6858 of 2003-2004
A.344 of 2005-2006
A.1418/S.3517 of 2007-2008

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S3069 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3069

                       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  paragraph  b  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
chapter 422 of the laws of 2007, are amended and a new subparagraph (ix)
is 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[.]; AND
  (IX) 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.
                                                           LBD08962-02-9

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