What's happening
This bill provides additional funding to the Yonkers city school district based on universal prekindergarten enrollment.
Why it matters
Targets funding more directly to actual prekindergarten enrollment. , ensuring that aid is based on the number of children served rather than just flat grants or estimates—potentially leading to more accurate resource allocation.
Addresses potential funding gaps. by adjusting the formula so that the district receives additional support if the existing prekindergarten grant is insufficient compared to the foundation aid per pupil, potentially enabling expansion or maintenance of pre-K services.
Could improve early childhood education quality and access. in Yonkers by providing more reliable and possibly increased funding, which may help reduce class sizes, enhance programming, and attract/retain qualified teachers for prekindergarten.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2641
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to provide an apportionment to the Yonkers city school district based upon universal prekindergarten enrollment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2018, there shall be an apportionment made to the Yonkers city school district, and such apportionment shall be for an amount equivalent to the base year total of universal prekindergarten pupils served multiplied by the value calculated by subtracting from the selected foundation aid per pupil, the quotient calculated by dividing the base year universal prekindergarten grant by the base year total of universal prekindergarten pupils.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02757-01-7
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