Assembly Bill A5855

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the approval of reimbursement methodologies for tuition and maintenance

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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-A5855 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4405, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A4130
2021-2022: A4451
2023-2024: A3118

2017-A5855 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that tuition rates shall grow by a percentage equal to the general support for public schools appropriation provided to schools.

2017-A5855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5855
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RA, BRABENEC, CROUCH, HAWLEY, KOLB, MALLIOTAKIS,
   M. L. MILLER, NORRIS, PALMESANO, WALSH -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the approval of
   reimbursement methodologies for tuition and maintenance

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   c.  The  director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner
 of education, the commissioner of social services, and any  other  state
 agency  or other source the director may deem appropriate, shall approve
 reimbursement methodologies for tuition and for maintenance. Any modifi-
 cation in the approved reimbursement methodologies shall be  subject  to
 the  approval  of the director of the budget. [Notwithstanding any other
 provision of law, rule or regulation  to  the  contrary,  tuition  rates
 established for the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six school year
 shall  exclude  the  two percent cost of living adjustment authorized in
 rates established  for  the  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four--ninety-five
 school  year] TUITION RATES APPROVED FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER  FOR  SPECIAL  SERVICES  OR
 PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS BY APPROVED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
 OR  NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILI-
 TIES THAT ARE LOCATED  WITHIN  THE  STATE  AND  BY  SPECIAL  ACT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  SHALL  GROW  BY A PERCENTAGE EQUAL TO THE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROPRIATION PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09674-01-7

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