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Senate Bill S1066
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S1066 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5296
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §3602-g, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S6810, A7970
2019-S1066 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1066 SPONSOR: GALLIVAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing for basic school supplies for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require the State Education Department (SED) to grant necessary financial resources to all school districts statewide so that such school districts may be able to provide basic school supplies to students. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the education law by adding section 3602-g that requires the SED Commissioner to provide each public school district ten dollars per student in grades kindergarten through twelfth, beginning in the 2019-20 school year, to furnish them with basic school supplies on
2019-S1066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1066 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 providing for basic school supplies for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade 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 3602-g to read as follows: § 3602-G. APPORTIONMENT OF MONEYS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR BASIC SUPPLIES. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: A. "BASIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES" SHALL MEAN ITEMS GENERALLY REQUIRED BY A STUDENT TO ATTEND SCHOOL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PENCILS, PENS, HIGHLIGHTERS, CRAYONS, MARKERS, ERASERS, INDEX CARDS, PAPER, NOTEBOOKS, BINDERS, FOLDERS, SCISSORS, RULERS AND CALCULATORS. B. "SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH THE STUDENT ATTENDS. 2. A. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO GRANT TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TEN DOLLARS PER STUDENT ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE BEGINNING WITH THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE SCHOOL YEAR. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL USE SUCH FUNDS TO FURNISH SUCH STUDENTS WITH BASIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL EACH YEAR. B. ANY FUNDS WHICH ARE UNUSED SHALL BE RETURNED TO 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. LBD02860-02-9
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