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This bill revises the schedule and process for distributing employment preparation education aid to school districts in New York.
Why it matters
More predictable cash flow for school districts. By specifying that payments for the first reporting period are made after April 1 (based on claims by March 1), and for the second period after July 1 (based on claims by May 31), districts can better plan budgets and operations for employment preparation programs.
Staged disbursement to manage funding risk. The amendment divides aid into stages (25% after the first period, up to 75% after the second), helping prevent overpayment early in the year and requiring pro rata reductions if claims exceed available funds—this could protect the state from overcommitting funds.
Potentially greater administrative burden. The new language introduces an additional reporting/payment period (March 31), meaning districts must submit more timely and accurate claims, which may require stronger administrative tracking and could impact smaller districts with fewer resources.
Continued cap and equity protections. The total aid cap ($96 million) and pro rata reductions remain, continuing to ensure that funding is distributed equitably if claims exceed available resources, and limiting how much can be paid for students who already have high school or equivalency diplomas.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
953
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the employment preparation education apportionment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 11 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 15 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
e. Employment preparation education apportionment. In addition to any other aid payable under this section, the apportionment pursuant to this subdivision shall be the product obtained when the employment preparation education hours are multiplied by the aid per contact hour which shall equal the product of the employment preparation program aid ceiling and the employment preparation education aid ratio computed to two decimals, rounded, as calculated based on data on file with the commissioner on May fifteenth of the base year. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this part, the payment of such apportionment shall be based upon reports required by the commissioner for the periods ending December thirty-first, March thirty-first and June thirtieth of each school year; payments for the first reporting period shall be made after April first, based on claims on file by March first, provided that the total of all such payments shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the amount for such school year, with the approved amount of such claims reduced on a pro rata basis if necessary; payments for the second reporting period shall be made after July first, based on claims on file by May thirty-first, provided that the total of all such payments shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the amount of such claims including the remainder of any claims due for the first period, with the approved amount of such claims reduced on a pro rata share if necessary; the remainder of any payments due for the first
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04432-01-7
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[period] and second periods plus any payments due for the rest of the school year shall be paid after October first, based on claims on file by September fifteenth, provided that the total of such payments shall not exceed the total amount of ninety-six million dollars ($96,000,000) for such school year, with the approved amount of such claims reduced on a pro rata basis if necessary, provided that the total of such payment for services provided to persons who received a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma recognized by New York state shall not exceed the total amount set aside for such purpose pursuant to paragraph a-one of this subdivision in any such school year, with the approved amount of such claims reduced on a pro rata basis if necessary; and aid paid pursuant to this paragraph shall not be included in the computation of the district expenditure need as defined in such section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this part. The employment preparation education apportionment for the city school district of the city of New York shall be computed only for the city as a whole.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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