What's happening
This bill expands reimbursement to nonpublic schools for costs related to the state's immunization program and other health requirements.
Why it matters
Nonpublic schools will now be able to claim reimbursement for complying with the state’s immunization program and other health-related requirements. , not just for academic data and testing mandates. This means they can offset costs related to student health compliance, which can be significant.
The bill removes previous reimbursement caps (such as the “sixty cents per pupil” limit) for certain cities and updates eligibility to include costs incurred in the 2017-2018 school year and beyond. This could lead to higher reimbursements and better financial support for nonpublic schools in New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester.
By easing the financial burden of state health compliance, the bill may help nonpublic schools maintain or enhance health and safety standards,. potentially reducing disparities between public and nonpublic schools in meeting state health mandates.
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Fund School Immunization Costs
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- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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Fund School Immunization Costs
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Martin J. Golden
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1764
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, relating to providing for the apportionment of state monies to certain nonpublic schools, to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements for the administration of state testing and evaluation programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting of basic educational data, in relation to the state's immunization program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 507 of the laws of 1974, as amended by chapter 903 of the laws of 1984, relating to providing for the apportionment of state monies to certain nonpublic schools, to reimburse them for their expenses in complying with certain state requirements for the administration of state testing and evaluation programs and for participation in state programs for the reporting of basic educational data, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. Apportionment. a. The commissioner shall annually apportion to each qualifying school, for school years beginning on and after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, an amount equal to the actual cost incurred by each such school during the preceding school year for providing services required by law to be rendered to the state in compliance with the requirements of the state's pupil evaluation program, the basic educational data system, regents examinations, the statewide evaluation plan, the uniform procedure for pupil attendance reporting, the state's immunization program and other health-related requirements and other similar state prepared examinations and reporting procedures.
b. The commissioner shall annually apportion to each qualifying school in the cities of New York, Buffalo and Rochester, for school years
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04038-01-7
A. 1764 2
beginning on or after July first[, nineteen hundred eighty-four] two thousand seventeen, an amount equal to the actual cost incurred[, up to sixty cents per pupil,] by each such school during the preceding school year in meeting the recording and reporting requirements of the state school immunization program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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