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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2024
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Eichenstein)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to transportation aid
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3627  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by section 13-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  any
 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
 two  thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year and thereafter
 and otherwise eligible for transportation aid  pursuant  to  subdivision
 seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be consid-
 ered  approved  transportation expenses eligible for transportation aid,
 provided further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand  four-
 teen  school year such aid shall be limited to eight million one hundred
 thousand dollars and for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen
 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twelve  million  six
 hundred  thousand  dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand
 fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year  through  two  thousand  eigh-
 teen--two thousand nineteen school year such aid shall be limited to the
 sum  of  eighteen  million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the
 base amount and for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty
 school  year  such  aid  shall be limited to the sum of nineteen million
 three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount  and  for  the
 two  thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year such aid shall
 be limited to the sum of nineteen million eight hundred  fifty  thousand
 dollars  plus  the  base amount and for the two thousand twenty-two--two
 thousand twenty-three school year such aid shall be limited to  the  sum
 of twenty-two million three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base
 amount  and  for the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-four  million
 eight  hundred  fifty  thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
 two thousand twenty-four--two  thousand  twenty-five  school  year  [and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 thereafter]  such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-nine million
 eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount  AND  FOR  THE
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX SCHOOL YEAR AND THERE-
 AFTER  SUCH  AID  SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AID FROM THE
 BASE YEAR PLUS THE PRODUCT OF (A) THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AID  UNDER  THIS
 SUBDIVISION FROM THE BASE YEAR, MULTIPLIED BY (B) THE PRODUCT OF TWO AND
 ONE-HALF,  FURTHER  MULTIPLIED  BY  (C)  THE  POSITIVE DIFFERENCE OF THE
 PERSONAL INCOME GROWTH INDEX AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH BB  OF  SUBDIVISION
 ONE  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE LESS ONE.  For
 purposes of this subdivision, "base amount" means the amount  of  trans-
 portation  aid  paid to the school district for expenditures incurred in
 the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school year for transpor-
 tation that would have been eligible for aid pursuant  to  this  section
 had  this section been in effect in such school year, except that subdi-
 vision six of this section shall be deemed not to have been  in  effect.
 And provided further that the school district shall continue to annually
 expend  for  the  transportation  described  in  subdivision one of this
 section at least the expenditures used for the base amount.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided, however,  that
 if  section  13-a  of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024 shall not
 have taken effect on or before such date then section one  of  this  act
 shall  take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such chap-
 ter of the laws of 2024, takes effect.