Assembly Bill A544

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to calculating foundation aid using the three year average small area income and poverty estimate poverty rate

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A544 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9754

2023-A544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to calculating foundation aid for school districts using the three year average small area income and poverty estimate poverty rate.

2023-A544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    544
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to calculating foundation
   aid  using  the three year average small area income and poverty esti-
   mate poverty rate
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph  q  of subdivision 1 of
 section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 16 of part  YYY
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  "Census  count"  shall  mean  the  product  of the public school
 enrollment of the school district on the date enrollment was counted  in
 accordance  with  this  subdivision  for the base year multiplied by the
 [census 2000 poverty] THREE YEAR AVERAGE SMALL AREA INCOME  AND  POVERTY
 ESTIMATE POVERTY rate.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00327-01-3

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