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History
- Referred to education
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1503
- Referred to rules
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Relates to grants for universal prekindergarten
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Catherine Nolan
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5722
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to grants for universal prekindergarten
Purpose
This bill would authorize school districts to receive their total universal pre-kindergarten allocation pursuant to 3602-e of the education law.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill provides that school districts that submitted corrected data to the State Education Department prior to the enactment of the 2011-12 State budget will be eligible to receive the full amount allowed based on the correction.
Section 2 of the bill relates to technical language necessary to correctly calculate maintenance of effort.
Justification
School districts that have unknowingly or inadvertently incorrectly filled out the documentation to receive Universal Pre-Kindergarten funding for the State Education Department need an avenue to revise their paperwork without the penalty of withheld funding. Furthermore correcting the MOE provision to better reflect those students attending in the current year will help districts to receive the appropriate amount of funding for those children they are serving.
Legislative history
New bill.
Budget implications
This bill would have no direct fiscal implications for the State.
Effective date
This bill would take effect immediately, with provisions.
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