Assembly Bill A3874

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to make their budgets and an itemized summary of expenditures and revenue available in printed form and on the internet

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A3874 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1501-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2149
2013-2014: A3581
2015-2016: A2159
2017-2018: A5579
2019-2020: A4369

2011-A3874 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts, outside of any city having a population of 1,000,000 or more, to make their budgets and an itemized summary of expenditures and revenue available in printed form and on the internet if such a website is operated by the school district.

2011-A3874 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3874

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, to require school districts  to  make
  an  itemized summary of their budgets, expenditures and revenue avail-
  able to the public

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1501-d
to read as follows:
  S  1501-D. AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET, EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE INFORMATION
TO THE PUBLIC. EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXCEPT A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL COMPILE, PUBLISH,
UPDATE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC,  THE  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  BUDGET,  AND  AN  ITEMIZED  SUMMARY OF ALL EXPENDITURES OF AND
REVENUE RECEIVED BY SUCH DISTRICT. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
ABLE IN PRINTED FORM AND ON THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT  INTERNET  WEBSITE,  IF
SUCH  A WEBSITE IS OPERATED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  THE COMMISSIONER IS
AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SHALL  BE  NECES-
SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law,  provided  that
effective  immediately  any rules and regulations necessary to implement
the provisions of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
directed to be completed on or before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06058-01-1

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