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- Substituted by A5662A
- Ordered to third reading cal.1625
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Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district
Vetoed · Sponsor Angelo Santabarbara
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BILL NUMBER:S5853
Title of bill
An act to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district
Purpose
To legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain acts of the Schenectady City School District in order to ensure that the District receives needed state reimbursement that it was supposed to receive for certain transportation contracts
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the acts and proceedings of the Schenectady City School District in relation to two transportation contracts for the 2003-04 school year.
Section 2 directs the Education Department to consider the approved costs of such transportation contracts as valid and proper obligations of the Schenectady City School District.
Justification
In 2008, the State Education Department identified an error in a legal notice published several years earlier by the Schenec- tady City School District in relation to certain transportation services for the 2003-04 school year. Because of this error, the Department indi- cated that the expected state transportation aid would not be paid for these two contracts which covered the 2003-04 school year, nor would aid be paid for the renewal of these contracts in subsequent years.
Legislation was enacted as part of the 2012 State Budget to authorize the State Education Department to pay transportation aid, which had previously been denied, in certain cases for contracts entered into between 2004-05 and 2011-12. This process resulted in most of Schenectady's aid being restored in the Spring of 2013. However, the time frame did not include the first year of the contract, leaving Sche- nectady short of the full amount of aid which had been denied. This bill would ensure that the Schenectady City School District receives the appropriate transportation aid which it would otherwise be entitled to receive
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:This bill does not cost the state any extra money. Each year, the state budget includes funds to help school districts with their transportation expenses. This bill simply enables the Schenectady City School District to receive the transportation aid that was allo- cated for it in the 2003-04 state budget for its transportation expenses.
Effective date
Immediately
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