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This bill creates a financial incentive for certain New York school districts to reduce transportation costs through efficiency plans.
Why it matters
Targets real cost savings. by rewarding districts that actively reduce transportation expenses through efficiency plans, rather than merely lowering services or cutting corners.
Links savings to tax restraint. , as only districts that comply with property tax levy limits are eligible—this encourages responsible budgeting alongside operational efficiency.
Caps total statewide incentives. at $3 million per year, meaning the benefit to any single district will depend on how many others also achieve savings, potentially increasing competition and innovation.
Requires state oversight and transparency. , since districts must document savings and get their efficiency plans approved by the education commissioner, adding accountability to the process.
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Reward Schools Saving on Buses
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Chris Jacobs
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8850
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 22, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to apportionment for certain school districts for lower allowable transportation expenses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
f. In addition to any other apportionment under this subdivision, for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year and thereafter, a school district other than a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants shall be eligible for an incentive apportionment where such district can demonstrate to the commissioner cost savings and efficiencies that results in a lower allowable transportation expense for the base year compared to the year prior to the base year; provided, however, that such school district meets the requirements set forth in subparagraph three of this paragraph.
(1) The amount of such incentive apportionment under this paragraph shall be equal to the product of:
(i) the positive difference in such district's allowable transportation expense for the year prior to the base year minus such district's allowable transportation expense for the base year; and
(ii) ten percent.
(2) The commissioner shall be authorized to approve a claim for an incentive apportionment under this paragraph provided a school district claiming an incentive apportionment shall have implemented an approved transportation efficiency plan and documented such cost savings and efficiencies in accordance with guidelines established by the commissioner. If the total statewide incentive apportionment claimed under this paragraph exceeds three million dollars ($3,000,000), individual
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school district incentive apportionments shall be prorated to ensure that the total statewide incentive apportionment does not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000), provided that such prorated apportionment computed and payable as of September one of the school year immediately following the school year for which such aid is claimed shall be deemed final and not subject to change.
(3) To be eligible for the incentive apportionment under this paragraph:
(i) Such district must be an independent school district that is subject to the provisions of section two thousand twenty-three-a of the education law and that has adopted a budget that does not exceed the tax levy limit prescribed by that section. The school district must certify its compliance with such tax levy limit in the manner prescribed by subdivision two of section two thousand twenty-three-b of the education law;
(ii) such district must be a dependent school district that is subject to the provisions of section three-c of the general municipal law and that has adopted a budget that does not exceed the tax levy limit prescribed by that section. The city must certify its compliance with such tax levy limit in the manner prescribed by subdivision two of section three-d of the general municipal law; and
(iii) such district must have a transportation efficiency plan approved by the commissioner.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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