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BILL NUMBER:S8472
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to charter school tuition
Purpose
To restore the tuition freeze for charter schools to the 2008-2009 school year level for the City of Albany School District.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Amend paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education law, as amended by section 12 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of to extend the effective date of the charter school tuition freeze of the 2008-2009 school year to the 2010-2011 school for the City School District of Albany.
Section 2: Amend subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education law, as separately amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998 and section 12 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009 to extend the effective date of the charter school tuition freeze of the 2008-2009 school year to the 2010-2011 school for the City School District of Albany.
Section 3: Effective date.
Justification
On July 7, 2010 Governor Paterson vetoed S.6607B, the Article VII bill for the Education, Labor and Family Assistance budget (ELFA). By doing so he lifted the freeze on per pupil "tuition" paid by school district to charter schools. This freeze would mean that charter schools would receive tuition based on the district's operating expenses for the 2006-2007 school year. This charter school tuition freeze was included in last year's budget. By vetoing the freeze districts now have to send more money per student to charter schools than they had allocated within their school budgets. For the City School District of Albany this means a shortfall of between $4.5-$5 million dollars. In order to make up for this loss they may have to cut up to 100 positions. This is not fair to the students and faculty of the City School District of Albany. This legislation would correct this veto by extending the effective date of the charter school tuition freeze for the 2010-2011 level to be payable to the amount of the 2008-2009 school year.
Prior legislative history
No prior legislative history.
Fiscal implications
Approximately $4.5-$5 million.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2010; and provided, further, that the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expi- ration of such subdivision as provided in chapter 378 of the laws of 2007, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
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