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History
- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1042
- Referred to education
Companion bill
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Relates to transportation aid forgiveness
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Charles Lavine
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 enacting into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the education, labor and family assistance budget, in relation to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain actions or omissions relating to certain transportation contracts
Purpose
To provide transportation aid forgiveness to districts that would otherwise lose aid due to inadvertent, minor and technical errors.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Updates subdivision 1 and 2 of section 16-a of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 capture contracts entered into prior to the 2015-16 school year.
Section 2: Effective date.
Justification
When school districts make errors relating to transportation aid they become ineligible to recover this lost aid even though the state had budgeted for that expense. These errors tend to be minor in nature, such as a miscommunication during a staff transition or a clerical error. While these errors are minor the amount of money school districts lose out on is not.
There is previous precedent for providing transportation aid forgiveness. The 2012-13 enacted budget provided for forgiveness of transportation contracts that were denied by the State Education Department due to inadvertent, minor, technical, or clerical errors prior to the 2011-12 school year. Updating this provision to capture contracts entered into prior to the 2015-16 school year will make the process more efficient and make it easier for school districts to collect their reimbursements.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
Undetermined
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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