Assembly Bill A4369

2019-2020 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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2019-A4369 (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
2017-2018: A5579

2019-A4369 (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.

2019-A4369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4369
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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. Effective imme-
 diately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08819-01-9

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