Assembly Bill A466

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases the per student rate of empire state after school program grants

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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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2025-A466 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §501-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7881
2023-2024: A4382

2025-A466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the per student rate of empire state after school program and advantage after school program grants; requires future per student rates to be modified accounting for any minimum wage adjustments.

2025-A466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    466
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HEVESI, MEEKS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  increasing  the  per
   student  rate of empire state after school program and advantage after
   school program grants

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 501-i
 to read as follows:
   § 501-I. EMPIRE STATE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND ADVANTAGE AFTER  SCHOOL
 PROGRAM  GRANTS.  EMPIRE STATE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANTS AND ADVANTAGE
 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANTS AWARDED ON OR AFTER AUGUST FIRST, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-FIVE SHALL BE PROVIDED AT A RATE OF NO LESS THAN FOUR THOU-
 SAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER APPROVED STUDENT. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
 OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECTOR
 OF THE BUDGET, SHALL, UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE FULL TERM OF THE EMPIRE
 STATE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE ADVANTAGE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, MODI-
 FY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PER APPROVED  STUDENT  TO  BE  AWARDED  TO  GRANT
 APPLICANTS.    SUCH  MODIFICATION  SHALL  ACCOUNT  FOR  ANY MINIMUM WAGE
 ADJUSTMENTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES OR  REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY  TO  ENSURE  GRANTEES  SHALL SERVE AT LEAST THE SAME NUMBER OF
 STUDENTS IN ANY YEAR THAT THE RATE PER APPROVED STUDENT INCREASES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01600-01-5

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