STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2986 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the apportionment of expenses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1908 of the education law is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 1. The board of education of such central high school district shall 4 cause to be apportioned among the school districts included in such 5 central high school district the amount required for the payment of the 6 principal and interest of all obligations issued for the purchase or 7 acquisition of a school site, the erection thereon of a new school 8 building and the construction of improvements and other structures on 9 such site, and for the payment of the authorized expenditures for the 10 maintenance, support and expenses of such high school during the ensuing 11 school year. There shall be apportioned to each such district such 12 portion of such amount as the assessed valuation of the taxable property 13 in such district bears to the total assessed valuation of all the school 14 districts included in such central high school district, including the 15 total assessed value of payment in lieu of taxes, as appears from the 16 last preceding assessment roll. The board of education of such central 17 high school district shall on or before July first of each year present 18 to the board of education of each union free school district and to the 19 trustee or board of trustees of each common school district in such 20 central high school district a certified statement of the portion of 21 such amount to be paid by each of such districts, except that in a 22 central high school district where the board of education has by resol- 23 ution pursuant to section nineteen hundred six of this article deter- 24 mined that the annual meeting of such central high school district shall 25 be held on the last Tuesday in April, and where the annual meeting has EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07445-01-7

A. 2986 2 1 been so held, the board of education of such central high school 2 district must present the above mentioned certified statement in the 3 manner above set out on or before May tenth of each year, and the said 4 boards of education, boards of trustees or trustees shall cause the same 5 to be raised by tax on the taxable property in such districts in the 6 same manner as other taxes for the support and maintenance of the 7 schools therein. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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