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Senator · Senate District 38
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History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Relates to the calculation of the pupil wealth ratio for school aid purposes
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Kenneth Zebrowski
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4796
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the calculation of the "pupil wealth ratio" for school aid purposes
Purpose
This bill would amend the calculation of the combined wealth ratio to take into account certain characteristics of unique school districts.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill amends subdivision 3 of section 3602 of the education law as it relates to amending the calculation of the combined wealth ratio. Certain districts that have more than twice as many non-public students than public students and have at least one thousand public students will add twenty five percent of the non-public students with the total wealth pupil units when calculating the combined wealth ratio.
Section 2 of this bill relates to the effective date.
Justification
The combined wealth ratio measures the wealth of a school district using factors of income and home values within the district. These measures are divided by the public students in the district and compared to statewide averages. In certain districts that have large non-public student populations, the combined wealth ratio does not accurately represent the district's actual wealth. The combined wealth ratio can be skewed because it does not account for the uniqueness of certain school districts.
This bill will provide an exception for school districts that meet the following criteria: 1) the non-public enrollment is more than double the public enrollment and, 2) the public enrollment is at least one thousand students. If a school district meets these criteria, the combined wealth ratio will utilize the total public school enrollment plus twenty five percent of the non-public enrollment in its calculation.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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