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- Referred to education
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Provides special supplemental apportionment for school age children receiving special education programs and services
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Thomas Abinanti
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BILL NUMBER:S6491
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to state assistance to school districts for each school age child receiving special education programs and services
Purpose or general idea of bill
To provide special supplemental apportionment for school age children receiving special education programs and services.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill is the legislative findings and purpose.
Section 2 amends education law section 3602 by adding a new subdivision 21 to:
1. provide a special supplemental apportionment to schools to cover the costs for school age children receiving special education services beginning July 1, 2014 and to phase-in over five years the assumption by the state of all special education service costs;
2. require school districts to apply the increments in apportionments received under this act to reducing their tax levy form real property taxes and to certify to the commissioner that the reduction to real property taxes have been made as required in this subdivision;
3. require the legislature to annually appropriate funds sufficient to support the payments to school districts required.
Section 3 is the effective date.
Justification
The costs to school districts and indirectly to real property taxpayers for providing special education programs and services is increasingly a burden making the essential education mission more difficult to carry out. Moreover, special education is a health based service and should more appropriately be borne by the state government. The purpose of this act is to phase-in over five years the assumption by the state of the costs to school districts for each child receiving special education programs and services to provide that school property taxes be reduced.
Prior legislative history
None in Senate
Fiscal implications
To be determined
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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