S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
April 22, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- 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 shared
transportation services; and to provide for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
F. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR
THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THERE-
AFTER, A SCHOOL DISTRICT OTHER THAN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY
HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR AN INCENTIVE APPORTIONMENT FOR PROVIDING SHARED TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES TO ONE OR MORE OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE AMOUNT OF
SUCH APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF
(I) THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE RECEIVED FROM ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR PROVIDING SHARED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO ONE OR MORE OTHER PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND (II) TEN PERCENT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE ANY
CONTRACT FOR SHARED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BETWEEN ONE OR MORE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF
THIS ARTICLE AND PROVIDED A SCHOOL DISTRICT CLAIMING AN INCENTIVE APPOR-
TIONMENT UNDER SUCH CONTRACT SHALL DEMONSTRATE COST SAVINGS IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER. IF THE TOTAL
STATEWIDE APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH EXCEEDS THREE MILLION
DOLLARS ($3,000,000), INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS SHALL BE
PRORATED TO ENSURE THAT THE APPORTIONMENT FOR SUCH SHARED TRANSPORTATION
INCENTIVE AID DOES NOT EXCEED THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000),
PROVIDED THAT SUCH PRORATED APPORTIONMENT COMPUTED AND PAYABLE AS OF
SEPTEMBER ONE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SCHOOL YEAR
FOR WHICH SUCH AID IS CLAIMED SHALL BE DEEMED FINAL AND NOT SUBJECT TO
CHANGE.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date upon which it shall have become a law and shall expire and be
deemed repealed three years thereafter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14757-01-6