What's happening
This bill requires central high school districts to use property tax levy and income data from each member school when calculating state aid.
Why it matters
Aims to make state aid calculations more reflective of each member school's local wealth. , by requiring that property tax levy and income data from each individual school in a central high school district be used, rather than district-wide averages—potentially increasing aid to schools in less affluent areas within a district.
Could address imbalances in funding distribution within central high school districts. , ensuring that state aid formulas better account for economic disparities among the component schools, rather than masking them with aggregated data.
May impact local tax policy and school budgeting. , as the new calculation method could change both the amount and distribution of state funds received, influencing decisions on local property taxes and school spending priorities.
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Change School Aid Calculations
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History
- Referred to education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5631
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the computing of the tax effort ratio for the central high school district for the purposes of state school aid
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
e. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a central high school district, as established pursuant to article thirty-nine of this chapter, shall use from each common and/or union free school within the central high school district, the property tax levy and adjusted gross income information when computing the tax effort ratio for the central high school district for the purposes of state school aid.
§ 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08486-01-7
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