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- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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Authorizes certain school districts to elect to withdraw excess monies from the employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund; repealer
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Dennis H. Gabryszak
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BILL NUMBER:S1524
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring each school district to include the percentage of its budget spent on instructional expenses in its school district report card
Purpose
This bill would require that each school district include the percentage of its budget spent on instructional expenses in its school district report card.
Summary of provisions
The education law is amended to require that each school district include the percentage of its budget spent on instructional expenses in its school district report card.
Section 10 defines Instructional Expenses and is taken from the current New York State Education Department Regulations.
Justification
In a global, information-age economy, young Americans will not enjoy a first class economic future without a first class education today. The climate for success begins and ends in the classroom. Regardless of the county or school district students live within, we need every student in New York State to have the opportunity for the best possible education.
Parents, taxpayers, and interested individuals all deserve to have as much detail about their school district as possible. The goal of this legislation is to provide an increased level of accountability through the disclosure of the percentage of a school district's budget that actually makes its way into the classroom.
Legislative history
S.607-A of 2008: Passed Senate. S.560 of 2009/10: Senate Education Committee. S.4541 of 2011/12: Senate Education Committee
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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