NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2973

Senate Bill S2973

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the apportionment of moneys for capital outlays and debt service for school building purposes

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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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Jan 08, 2020	referred to education
Jan 31, 2019	referred to education

2019-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7108
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S6370, A6882
2021-2022: S807, A2517
2023-2024: S4437, A96

2019-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the apportionment of moneys for capital outlays and debt service for school building purposes.

2019-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2973

SPONSOR: BIAGGI
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to the apportionment of
moneys for capital outlays and debt service for school building purposes

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will amend the education law to allow certain high need
districts to receive an additional supplemental building aid ratio for
projects addressing capacity shortages.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 Subparagraph 2 of paragraph c of subdivision 6 of section 3602
of education law is amended by adding a new clause (d) which will allow
that for school years 2017-18 and thereafter, school building projects
designed to address capacity shortages of high-need school districts, as
defined pursuant to regulations of the commissioner in clause (c) of

this subparagraph and are in a designated county.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

This is a new bill.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

More than 10 years ago, New York State recognized that high need school
districts were struggling to support necessary school capital projects
and permitted these districts to access an additional Building Aid
reimbursement. Since such time, high need school districts in Westches-
ter County have been confronted with both escalating local construction
costs and significant student enrollment growth contributing to their
limited ability to address capacity shortages for their current and
future projections of increased student enrollment. This bill recognizes
the pressing need for these districts to expand classroom space by help-
ing to offset the local fiscal impact of facility projects designed to
relive overcrowding where the shortages are ten percent or greater of
the identified need as determined by the State Education Department.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S6370- Referred to education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

This will reduce costs for local school districts and the cost to the
State is to be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2973
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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 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 NINETEEN--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY 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 SEVENTEEN, 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.
                                                            LBD09041-01-9

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