NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4233

Senate Bill S4233

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of education of the state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid apportionment formulas and make recommendations for improvements to such formulas

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2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education, Commissioner of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S1807
2023-2024: S5113

2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education of the state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improvements to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4233

SPONSOR: JORDAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act requiring the commissioner of education of the
state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current
education aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improve-
ments to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recom-
mendations and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires the commissioner of education to conduct a comprehen-
sive study analyzing the sufficiency of current educational aid appor-
tionment formulas, to make recommendations for improvements to such
formulas, and to deliver a report of such findings and recommendations.

Section 2 provides that such report shall include, but not be limited
to: a) an assessment of the impact of the tax cap on increased funding
needs; b) increased costs to each school district; c) changes in wealth
of each district d) increased requirements placed on districts through
state mandates, including the implementation of higher learning stand-

ards and testing; e) recommendations for new aid apportionment formulas;
and f) any additional information the commissioner of education deems
pertinent for the purposes of this act.

Section 3 allows the commissioner to conduct such study in conjunction
with any other state governmental entity deemed necessary. To the maxi-
mum extent feasible, the commissioner shall be authorized to request,
receive and utilize such resources and data of any other state govern-
mental entity.

Section 4 requires the commissioner to deliver such report to the Gover-
nor, Chair of the Senate Committee on Education and the Chair of the
Assembly Committee on Education no later than December 31, 2020.

Section 5 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Current education aid formulas are more than 15 years old, and these aid
formulas were adopted and implemented prior to the implementation of the
state property tax cap. The cap, while widely regarded as beneficial to
communities, nonetheless affects a school district's ability to raise
revenue at the local level. Other changes seen since the last decade,
such as demographic changes that communities have experienced since the
last study, new state-imposed mandates, as well as new learning stand-
ards and related testing requirements, necessitate a new study to
discern whether the current education aid formula is appropriate.

Education funding, especially foundation aid, is designed to provide
equity to all districts in order to provide a sound basic education for
all New York students. This bill will ensure that the aid formulas work
towards this goal given the massive changes in New York State that have
taken place over the last two decades, and will also ensure that any
shortcomings will have recommended fixes to go along with them.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2021.

2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4233
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT requiring the commissioner of education of the state of New  York
   to  conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid appor-
   tionment formulas,  make  recommendations  for  improvements  to  such
   formulas and deliver a report of such findings and recommendations and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of education of  the  state  of  New  York
 shall conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the sufficiency of current
 education  aid apportionment formulas, make recommendations for improve-
 ments to such formulas and deliver a report of such findings and  recom-
 mendations.
   §  2.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
 information:
   (a) an assessment of the impact of the tax cap  on  increased  funding
 needs;
   (b) increased costs to each school district;
   (c) changes in wealth of each district;
   (d) increased requirements placed on districts through state mandates,
 including the implementation of higher learning standards and testing;
   (e) recommendations for new aid apportionment formulas; and
   (f)  any  additional  information  the commissioner of education deems
 pertinent for the purposes of this act.
   § 3. For the purposes of this act, the commissioner of  education  may
 conduct  such  study in conjunction with any other department, division,
 board, bureau, commission, agency, or  public  authority  of  the  state
 deemed  necessary.  To  the  maximum  extent feasible, such commissioner
 shall be authorized to request, receive, and utilize such resources  and
 data of any other department, division, board, bureau, commission, agen-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09687-01-9

 S. 4233                             2
 
 cy, or public authority of the state as he or she may reasonably request
 to properly carry his or her powers and duties pursuant to this act.
   §  4.  The  commissioner of education shall deliver such report to the
 governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the
 assembly,  the  chair of the senate committee on education and the chair
 of the assembly committee on education no later than December 31, 2020.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed January 1,2021.

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Sponsored By

Daphne Jordan

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

co-Sponsors

Phil Boyle

Patrick M. Gallivan

Robert G. Ortt

James L. Seward

2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4233 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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