What's happening
This bill validates Spackenkill school district's late building cost reports and waives penalties for late filing if conditions are met.
Why it matters
Ensures Spackenkill school district receives state funding. that might otherwise have been lost due to late paperwork, helping to stabilize its finances and avoid negative impacts on students and staff.
Sets a precedent for handling administrative errors. in school districts, signaling that penalties can be waived if the mistake was unintentional and funds were properly used, which could affect how other districts approach similar issues.
Requires oversight and verification. the district must prove that all expenditures were legitimate, the report is approved by the education commissioner, and the lateness was not due to fraud or intentional misconduct, protecting public funds while offering flexibility.
Mandates repayment if penalties were already collected. , ensuring the district is made whole for lost funds, which could improve its ability to manage future capital projects and maintain school facilities.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Forgive Spackenkill Filing Lapse
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Approval memo.8
- Signed chap.452
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.1337
- Substituted for S1239A
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.75
- Rules report cal.75
Show 4 earlier actions
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Validate Spackenkill School Projects
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Susan Serino
Full text
2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
4069
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm the actions of the Spackenkill union free school district notwithstanding the failure to timely file final building cost reports with the education department
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken, or caused to be had or taken, by the Spackenkill union free school district and by any of its officers or agents relating to or in connection with final building cost reports for an approved capital construction project designated by the department of education as project number 0-005-016 completed prior to December 31, 2012, and all acts incidental thereto are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to comply with the time requirements for the approval and filing provisions of the education law or any other provision of law, rule or regulation, relating to any omissions, error, defect, irregularity or illegality in such proceedings had and taken.
§ 2. Notwithstanding section 24-a of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, and consistent with section one of this act, the commissioner shall not recover from the Spackenkill union free school district any penalty arising from the late filing of a final cost report for an approved capital construction project designated by the department of education as project number 0-005-016 pursuant to section 31 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, provided that any amounts already so recovered shall be deemed a payment of moneys due for prior years pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education law and shall be paid to the Spackenkill union free school district pursuant to such provision, provided that such school district:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00017-02-9
A. 4069 2
(a) submitted the late or missing final building cost report to the commissioner of education;
(b) such cost report is approved by the commissioner of education;
(c) all state funds expended by the school district, as documented in such cost report, were properly expended for such building project in accordance with the terms and conditions for such project as approved by the commissioner of education; and
(d) the failure to submit such report in a timely manner was an inadvertent administrative or ministerial oversight by the school district, and there is no evidence of any fraudulent or other improper intent by such district.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.