Senate Bill S6000

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for reduced enrollment due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • 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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2021-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3854
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8014, A10193

2021-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain schools shall experience no financial harm for reduced enrollment or inability to operate for the 2020-2021 school year due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

2021-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6000 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6000
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT in relation to providing that certain schools shall experience no
   financial harm for reduced enrollment due to the outbreak of coronavi-
   rus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the
 contrary, if as a result of the state of emergency that was executed  in
 Executive Order No. 202 on March 7, 2020, approved private schools serv-
 ing  students  with  disabilities  subject  to articles 81 and 89 of the
 education law, special act school  districts,  state  supported  schools
 pursuant  to  article  85  of  the education law, and approved preschool
 special class and special class in an integrated setting programs pursu-
 ant to section 4410 of the  education  law  experience  a  reduction  in
 enrollment during the 2020-2021 school year, the per diem and/or tuition
 rate  shall  be administratively adjusted by the state education depart-
 ment, with no approval required by the division of the budget,  so  that
 such schools experience no financial harm for reduced enrollment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07557-01-1



              

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