What's happening
This bill allows school districts to exclude tuition payments for resident students from their property tax cap calculations.
Why it matters
Eases budget constraints for certain districts. By allowing tuition payments for resident students (when sent to other districts for general or special education) to be excluded from property tax cap calculations, districts that must pay these tuitions can raise necessary funds without hitting state-imposed tax limits.
Addresses equity for tuition-paying districts. School districts that educate fewer students locally—often due to lacking certain programs or facilities—sometimes pay tuition for residents to attend elsewhere. This bill prevents these mandated tuition costs from crowding out funding for other local school needs under the tax cap.
Could impact local taxpayer bills. The exclusion may result in higher allowable property tax levies in some districts, potentially increasing local taxes, but only to cover these tuition costs—not for general operating expenses.
May improve services for students with special needs. Districts required to pay out-of-district tuition for students with special education needs won’t have to choose between meeting those obligations and complying with tax cap limits, possibly ensuring more consistent support for these students.
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Allow School Tuition Tax Levy
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
S. 3687 A. 5416
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2019
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain tuition payments by school districts for general education and special students residing in such school districts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision 2 of section 2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new paragraph (v) is added to read as follows:
(iii) in years in which the normal contribution rate of the New York state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivision two of section five hundred seventeen of this chapter, increases by more than two percentage points from the previous year, a tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for school district employer contributions to the New York state teachers' retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus two percentage points; [and]
(iv) a capital tax levy[.]; and
(v) a tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal school year for a school district which makes payments to one or more school districts to pay for tuition for general education and special students residing in such school district.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to school district budgets and the budget adoption process for the 2019-2020 school year; and shall continue to apply to school district budgets and the budget adoption process for any school year beginning in
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03180-01-9
S. 3687 2 A. 5416
any calendar year during which this act is in effect; provided, however, that the amendments to section 2023-a of the education law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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