Assembly Bill A9442

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that school aid shall not be reduced if a school is closed due to extraordinary circumstances, emergency or disaster

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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-A9442 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6284
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3604, Ed L

2011-A9442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that school aid shall not be reduced if a school is closed due to extraordinary circumstances, emergency or disaster and such days cannot be made up prior to scheduled regents exams.

2011-A9442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9442

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 1, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, P. LOPEZ, GUNTHER, REILLY, JAFFEE, WEIS-
  ENBERG,  CROUCH,  SAYWARD, CALHOUN, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. FINCH, MAGEE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
  Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting apportion-
  ment of state aid where a school was not in session  due  to  extraor-
  dinary weather conditions, disasters or emergencies

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

  Section 1. Section 3604 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
  7-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN OF THIS
SECTION, FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWELVE  SCHOOL  YEAR,
THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DISREGARD SUCH REDUCTION, UP TO TEN DAYS, IN THE
APPORTIONMENT OF PUBLIC MONEY, IF THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT  WERE  NOT
IN  SESSION  FOR  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS  BECAUSE OF EXTRAORDINARILY
ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, FEDERAL DECLARATIONS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, A
STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
LAW,  THE  CLOSING OF TRANSPORTATION ROUTES PURSUANT TO A DECLARED LOCAL
STATE OF EMERGENCY, IMPAIRMENT OF HEATING FACILITIES,  INSUFFICIENCY  OF
WATER  SUPPLY, SHORTAGE OF FUEL, LACK OF ELECTRICITY, OR THE DESTRUCTION
OF A SCHOOL BUILDING EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AND  IF,  FURTHER,  THE
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFIES THAT SUCH DISTRICT CANNOT MAKE UP SUCH
DAYS  OF  INSTRUCTION  BY  USING  FOR THE SECONDARY GRADES ALL SCHEDULED
VACATION DAYS WHICH OCCUR PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED REGENTS  EXAMINA-
TION  DAY  IN JUNE, AND FOR THE ELEMENTARY GRADES ALL SCHEDULED VACATION
DAYS WHICH OCCUR PRIOR TO THE LAST SCHEDULED REGENTS EXAMINATION DAY  IN
JUNE;  AND  IF,  FURTHER,  THE  DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFIES TO THE
COMMISSIONER THAT TO DO SO WOULD IMPERIL  STUDENTS,  FACULTY  AND  STAFF
WHILE REPAIRS CONTINUE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SCHEDULED
VACATION  DAYS" SHALL MEAN DAYS ON WHICH THE SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT ARE
NOT IN SESSION AND FOR WHICH NO PROHIBITION EXISTS IN SUBDIVISION  EIGHT
OF THIS SECTION FOR THEM TO BE IN SESSION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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