NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8555

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Mar 11, 2022	referred to education

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: S3107
2025-2026: S6014

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for supplemental aid payable to low spending high need school districts in the 2022-2023 school year and thereafter.

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8555

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to aid payable to low
spending high need school districts

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will provide additional, necessary funding to school
districts who are spending a minimum of ten percent less per pupil than
the region it is located in.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends section 3602 of education law to include supplemental
low spending, high need annual aid for school districts meeting certain
thresholds based on the average spending per pupil.  School districts
are eligible for an additional apportionment equal to the product of the
aid per pupil multiplied by public school district enrollment.

The following terms are defined in this section:

*Regional average spending

*Labor force region

*Needs resource index

*Extraordinary needs index

*Low spending percent

*Aid per pupil

For a district to be considered low spending, it must be equal to the
quotient of the positive difference, if any, of the regional average
spending less the expense per pupil. Aid is determined by multiplying
the positive difference by 250 dollars. The aid cannot exceed 750
dollars.

Section 2. Amends subparagraph ii of paragraph j of subdivision 1 of
section 3602 of education law to include supplemental low spending high
needs districts.

Section 3. Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The U.S. Census Bureau offered the spending data on the average per-stu-
dent spending at the district level. New York spends more per pupil than
any other state in the nation - $22,366 versus $11,762 per student
nationally. Despite this, there are drastic variations throughout the
state- largely depending on the communities the school district is serv-
ing. Select New York State school districts are woefully underfunded and
forced to make cuts thus lowering the amount of money spent per pupil
and lessening the opportunities available for students.

Instead of decreasing the budgets school districts have to work under,
funding and additional aid should be provided; especially to those
spending less than the state average. Offering additional aid to the low
spending districts would increase opportunity and bring equity across
the state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8555
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- 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  aid  payable  to  low
   spending high need school districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. SUPPLEMENTAL LOW SPENDING HIGH NEED AID. A. FOR AID PAYABLE IN THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND THER-
 EAFTER,  SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPORTION-
 MENT EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF THE AID PER PUPIL AS  DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH  SIX  OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, MULTIPLIED BY
 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH N OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   B. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (1)  "REGIONAL  AVERAGE  SPENDING"  SHALL  BE  EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE
 EXPENSE PER PUPIL AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION FOR  ALL  DISTRICTS  WITHIN  EACH  LABOR  FORCE  REGION,
 DIVIDED  BY  THE  NUMBER  OF  DISTRICTS  IN  EACH RESPECTIVE LABOR FORCE
 REGION.
   (2) "LABOR FORCE REGION" FOR EACH DISTRICT SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING
 AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH  A  OF  SUBDIVISION
 FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDED THAT A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY
 HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE  NEW
 YORK CITY LABOR FORCE REGION.
   (3)  "NEEDS  RESOURCE INDEX" SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS
 INDEX DIVIDED BY THE COMBINED WEALTH RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARA-
 GRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   (4) "EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS INDEX" SHALL BE EQUAL  TO  THE  EXTRAORDINARY
 NEEDS  PERCENT AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH W OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION DIVIDED BY THE  STATEWIDE  AVERAGE  OF  SUCH  EXTRAORDINARY
 NEEDS INDEX.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14962-01-2
 S. 8555                             2
 
   (5) "LOW SPENDING PERCENT" SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE QUOTIENT OF THE POSI-
 TIVE  DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY,  OF  THE  REGIONAL AVERAGE SPENDING LESS THE
 EXPENSE PER PUPIL AS COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION, DIVIDED BY THE REGIONAL AVERAGE SPENDING.
   (6)  "AID PER PUPIL" SHALL BE EQUAL TO (I) THE PRODUCT OF THE POSITIVE
 DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF THE NEEDS RESOURCE INDEX  LESS  ONE  (1.0),  (II)
 MULTIPLIED  BY  THE  POSITIVE  DIFFERENCE,  IF  ANY, OF THE LOW SPENDING
 PERCENT LESS ONE TENTH (0.10), (III) MULTIPLIED  BY  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY
 DOLLARS,  PROVIDED THAT THE AID PER PUPIL SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED
 FIFTY DOLLARS.
   § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 3602
 of the education law, as amended by section 11 of part B of  chapter  57
 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  For  aid  payable  in  the two thousand eight--two thousand nine
 school year and thereafter, the total foundation aid  base  shall  equal
 the  total  amount  a  district was eligible to receive in the base year
 pursuant to subdivision four  of  this  section  PLUS  SUPPLEMENTAL  LOW
 SPENDING  HIGH NEED AID CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF
 THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S8555

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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John W. Mannion

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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