NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4778

Senate Bill S4778

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to aid for substantial enrollment growth and growth in enrollment of English language learner students

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to education returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 22, 2017	referred to education
Jun 21, 2017	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.2206 committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 28, 2017	referred to education

Votes

- Jun 21, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S4778
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 21, 2017
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      absent (1)
      
      Sanders Jr.
  Jun 21, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4778
  
  24
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 21, 2017
      
      aye (24)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Krueger

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2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5717
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S2716, A6376
2021-2022: S203, A906
2023-2024: A26

2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to aid for substantial enrollment growth and growth in enrollment of English language learner students.

2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4778

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
aid for substantial enrollment growth and growth in enrollment of
English language learner students

 PURPOSE :

Provide additional aid to school districts with growth in enrollment
over .4% and increasing populations of English language learner
students.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one provides the formula for determining a school district's
apportionment for enrollment growth over .4 percent.

Section two provides the formula for determining a school district's
apportionment for enrollment growth of English language learner
students.

Section three provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Despite a public perception to the contrary, many school districts

have experienced recent and dramatic increases in enrollment. A
functioning Foundation Aid formula would normally adjust state aid to
account for these additional students, but the formula has not fully
done so since the 2008-09 school year. This bill will support
districts and students with substantial enrollment growth until the
Foundation Aid is fully funded.

At the same time, students who are English language learners need
extra support in school. School districts throughout the state want to
provide these students with extra supports to help ensure their
academic success. However, the extra needs that these students present
require additional resources. While the Foundation Aid formula
includes a moderate and indirect adjustment for English language
learner students, that mechanism has proven to be insufficient,
especially while the formula is not running. This bill would make up
for the flaws in the formula and help many school districts provide a
quality education to their growing English language learner
populations.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Approximately $113 million in the 2017-18 school year.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

2017-S4778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4778
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HANNON, PHILLIPS -- 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  aid  for  substantial
   enrollment growth and growth in enrollment of English language learner
   students

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding  two
 new subdivisions 22 and 23 to read as follows:
   22. AID FOR SUBSTANTIAL ENROLLMENT GROWTH. FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVEN-
 TEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE
 APPORTIONED THE GREATER OF:    (A)  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY,
 BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF THE DISTRICT IN THE TWO THOUSAND
 FIFTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  AS  COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,  AND
 SUCH  ENROLLMENT  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR, SUBTRACTED BY FOUR TENTHS OF ONE PERCENTUM OF THE TWO THOU-
 SAND FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  MULTIPLIED  BY  THE
 SELECTED  FOUNDATION  AID  PER PUPIL; OR (B) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF
 ANY, BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF THE  DISTRICT  IN  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, AS COMPUTED PURSUANT
 TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 AND SUCH ENROLLMENT IN THE TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN
 SCHOOL  YEAR, DIVIDED BY THREE, SUBTRACTED BY FOUR TENTHS OF ONE PERCEN-
 TUM OF THE TWO  THOUSAND  TWELVE--TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,
 MULTIPLIED BY THE SELECTED FOUNDATION AID PER PUPIL.
   23.  AID  FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PUPIL GROWTH. FOR THE TWO THOU-
 SAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, EACH SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 SHALL  BE  APPORTIONED  THE GREATER OF:  (A) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF
 ANY, BETWEEN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PUPIL COUNT OF THE DISTRICT IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR,  AND  SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09818-01-7

 S. 4778                             2
 
 COUNT  IN  THE  TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEAR,
 MULTIPLIED BY TWO-TENTHS AND MULTIPLIED AGAIN BY THE SELECTED FOUNDATION
 AID PER PUPIL; OR (B) THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY,  BETWEEN  THE
 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF THE DISTRICT IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE--TWO
 THOUSAND  THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO
 OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, AND  SUCH  ENROLLMENT
 IN  THE  TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, DIVIDED
 BY THREE, MULTIPLIED BY TWO-TENTHS AND MULTIPLIED AGAIN BY THE  SELECTED
 FOUNDATION AID PER PUPIL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.

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