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- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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Relates to the projection of increases in school enrollment
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor George Amedore
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BILL NUMBER:S3246
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the projection of increases in school enrollment
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would require school districts, when projecting enrollment increases under a contingency budget, to use the lesser of an increase in enrollment from the prior year or the lowest estimated increase in enrollment used to determine a school budget prepared for the year that was rejected by the voters of the school district.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 adds language to Subparagraph (v) of paragraph b of Subdivision 4 of Section 2023 of the Education Law to require school districts to use the lesser of an increase in enrollment from the prior year or the lowest estimated increase in enrollment used to determine a school budget prepared for the year that was rejected by the voters of the school district.
Section 2 provides the effective date.
Justification
School districts throughout the State have threatened school district voters prior to a school district vote that a contingency budget will be higher than the original proposed budget. This is due mainly to statutory budget exclusions that have been enacted to accompany the contingency cap.
Specifically, there have been occasions where school districts have adjusted their original proposed budget projections under a contingency budget cap and allowed the school district to increase their contingency budget above the original proposed budget and the statutory contingency cap. This bill will require school districts to use the lesser of an increase in enrollment from the prior year or the lowest estimated increase in enrollment used to determine a school budget prepared for the year that was rejected by the voters of the school district.
Prior legislative history
2009-10: A.9993/S.7097, Education
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
The act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall become a law.
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