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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to exempting tuition payments to charter schools from items used to determine total spending under a contingency school budget
Purpose
To exempt payments that a school district must pay to a charter school, when students residing within that school district's boundaries attend the charter school, from the types of expenditures used to calculate a contingency school budget.
Summary of provisions
This legislation would amend paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 2023 of the education law by adding a new subparagraph (vii) thereto which exempts payments made by a school districts to charter schools from the list of expenditures used in determining total spending under a contingency school budget.
Existing law
Under existing law, payments made by school districts to charter schools are expenditures included in the calculation to determine total spending under a contingency school budget.
Justification
When a school district's budget proposals are not approved by the voters the sole trustee, board of trustees, or board of education must adopt a contingency budget. The contingency budget, by law, is not permitted to exceed 4% increase in total spending over the district's total spending under the school district budget for the prior school year.
The school district does not determine the tuition payments made to a charter school and therefore these payments could far exceed the 4% increase from the previous year's spending for which a school district is permitted to levy a tax for a contingency budget. The school district could conceivably find itself paying such sum to the charter school that it would be left without any increase in monies to pay for necessary expenses. This legislation would exempt tuition payments to a charter school, which a school district has no control in determining, from the contingency budget.
Legislative history
2001-2002, S.3262; 2003-2004, S.280; 2005-2006, S.835; 2007-2008, S.2507.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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