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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  fund  for  inno-
  vation grants

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

  Section 1. Section 3641 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
  16.  FUNDS  FOR  INNOVATION  GRANTS.  A. IN ADDITION TO APPORTIONMENTS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE  TWO
THOUSAND  THIRTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN  SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER,
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS SHALL BE  AVAILABLE  AND  ALLOCATED  PURSUANT  TO
PARAGRAPHS B AND C OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL BE PAID FOR PROGRAMS TO
CREATE  PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE,
TECHNOLOGY-BASED LEARNING  STRATEGIES  TO  SERVE  HIGH-NEED  PUPILS  AND
PUPILS WHO ARE AT RISK OF NOT MEETING THE NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STAND-
ARDS  PURSUANT  TO  REGULATIONS  OF THE COMMISSIONER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE  CREATION  OF  ONE-TO-ONE  LAPTOP  PILOT  PROGRAMS,  THE
PURCHASE  OF  CONTENT-BASED  SOFTWARE  AND/OR  SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS WHICH
PROVIDE NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS-ALIGNED  EDUCATIONAL  CONTENT,
CLASS LESSONS AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
  B.  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  LOCATED IN A CITY WITH AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION FOR THE PURPOSES CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDI-
VISION. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A  POPULATION  OF
ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AMOUNT OF UP TO
FORTY  PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
ANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN  ONE
MILLION  BUT  IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS,
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE  PRODUCT,  ROUNDED  TO  THE
NEAREST  DOLLAR,  OF  (I)  SIXTY  PERCENT  OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, AND (II) THE QUOTIENT OF THE DISTRICT'S BASE
YEAR ENROLLMENT ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AS OF THE DATE UPON  WHICH
AN  ELECTRONIC DATA FILE WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCE WITH
PARAGRAPH  B  OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF
THIS CHAPTER ON NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH OF THE BASE YEAR, DIVIDED BY THE  SUM
OF  SUCH BASE YEAR ENROLLMENTS FOR ALL SUCH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.  SUCH
GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS AND SHALL BE AWARDED  BY
THE  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS. THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL EVALUATE EACH GRANT APPLICATION ON THE  BASIS  OF  CRITERIA
INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO:  THE  TECHNOLOGY  NEEDS  OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, AND THE ABILITY OF THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT  TO  IMPROVE  ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE BY THE USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
  C.  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  LOCATED OUTSIDE OF A CITY WITH AT LEAST ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A  GRANT
PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION FOR THE PURPOSES CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH A OF
THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH GRANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS
AND SHALL BE AWARDED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO A COMPETITIVE GRANT
PROCESS.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL EVALUATE EACH GRANT APPLICATION ON THE
BASIS OF CRITERIA INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS  OF
THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT, AND THE ABILITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO IMPROVE
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BY THE USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.