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This bill defines "need-resource capacity" for school districts and requires review and recommendations to improve how New York calculates education aid based on district and student needs.
Why it matters
Clarifies how "need-resource capacity" is defined and updated. , directly impacting how school districts are grouped for funding comparisons—and potentially changing which districts are seen as more or less “needy” for state aid.
Requires the annual update and use of this index in school aid calculations. , aiming to ensure that funding formulas keep pace with changing local economic and student demographics, which could affect the amount of aid districts receive year to year.
Mandates a thorough review of current wealth and student need factors. including exploring new or better ways to measure district need and student poverty—which could lead to more accurate and equitable distribution of state education funds in the future.
Sets a timeline for actionable recommendations. , pushing the state to consider and potentially implement improvements to the education aid formula by a set date, which could have long-term effects on funding fairness and accountability.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6435
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to defining need-resource capacity; and in relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner of education to examine current wealth and student need factors used to calculate foundation aid
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new paragraph hh to read as follows:
hh. "Need-resource capacity" as determined pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision six of this section for the school aid computer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted budget for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and entitled "SA0708", shall mean an index developed by the commissioner used to categorize school districts into similar school districts. Such index shall be updated on an annual basis by the commissioner. Further, if such index is used for school district allocation purposes, such index must be updated annually and used in a school aid computer listing in support of an enacted budget.
§ 2. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized and directed to examine the current wealth and student need factors used to calculate foundation aid under section 3602 of the education law and prepare a report of recommendations that would ensure a more accurate representation of district and student need for use in such education aid formula. Provided further, in developing such recommendations, the commissioner of education shall examine other reliable measures of district need and student poverty. The report shall be submitted to the director of the budget, the chairs of the senate finance committee, the assembly ways and means committee, the senate education committee, and the assembly education committee on or before October 1, 2019.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10026-01-7
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