Assembly Bill A5579

2017-2018 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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2017-A5579 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1501-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2149
2011-2012: A3874
2013-2014: A3581
2015-2016: A2159
2019-2020: A4369

2017-A5579 (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.

2017-A5579 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5579
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT,  RIVERA, GALEF -- 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:
   §  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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD03253-01-7

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