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                                   6882
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. MAYER, PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  apportionment  of
   moneys  for  capital  outlays  and  debt  service  for school building
   purposes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6 of section
 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new clause (d) to  read
 as follows:
   (D)  FOR  AID  PAYABLE IN THE SCHOOL YEARS TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THEREAFTER FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS TO  REMEDY
 CAPACITY SHORTAGES OF HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO
 REGULATIONS  OF  THE COMMISSIONER IN CLAUSE (C) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH AND
 ARE LOCATED IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION  OF  MORE  THAN  NINE  HUNDRED
 FORTY  THOUSAND  AND  LESS THAN ONE MILLION INHABITANTS ACCORDING TO THE
 TWO THOUSAND TEN FEDERAL CENSUS, AS  APPROVED  BY  THE  VOTERS  OF  SUCH
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT OR BY SUCH BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
 IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  INHABITANTS,
 ON  OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, MAY COMPUTE AID UNDER THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION USING  THE  HIGH-NEED  SECONDARY  SUPPLE-
 MENTAL  BUILDING  AID RATIO, WHICH SHALL BE THE LESSER OF: (A) THE PROD-
 UCT, COMPUTED TO THREE DECIMALS WITHOUT ROUNDING, OF THE GREATER OF  THE
 BUILDING  AID RATIOS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBCLAUSES (I), (II) AND (III)
 OF CLAUSE (B) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH MULTIPLIED BY TEN PERCENT; OR (B) THE
 POSITIVE REMAINDER OF NINETY-EIGHT ONE-HUNDREDTHS LESS  THE  GREATER  OF
 THE  BUILDING  AID  RATIOS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBCLAUSES (I), (II) AND
 (III) OF CLAUSE (B)  OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH.  SCHOOL  BUILDING  PROJECTS
 ELIGIBLE  FOR  AID  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CLAUSE SHALL INCLUDE PROJECTS TO
 ADDRESS CAPACITY SHORTAGES OF AT LEAST TEN  PERCENT  OF  THE  CALCULATED
 CAPACITY  OF  THE  DISTRICT  OR  AT  LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE CALCULATED
 CAPACITY OF ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT,  AS  DETER-
 MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10687-02-7