What's happening
This bill validates and allows state aid for certain school building projects that missed past cost report deadlines, if submitted by December 31, 2019.
Why it matters
Prevents loss of funding due to missed paperwork deadlines. By ratifying and validating late final cost reports, the bill ensures that school districts aren’t penalized for administrative delays, protecting critical funding for building projects.
Targets school districts with already completed and eligible projects. The relief only applies to projects that were otherwise eligible for state aid, meaning it helps districts that followed most rules but missed a single reporting deadline.
Provides a clear deadline and process for compliance. Districts must submit their final cost reports by December 31, 2019, and gain approval from the commissioner of education, establishing a last opportunity to secure state aid for these projects.
Requires proactive notification to affected districts. The bill mandates that the Department of Education inform all potentially eligible districts by July 1, 2019, increasing the likelihood that no district misses this final chance due to lack of awareness.
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Approve School Building Projects
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- Referred to education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5768
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 19, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to ratify and validate certain school district building projects
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, the actions or omissions of any school district which failed to submit a final building project cost report by June thirtieth of the school year following June thirtieth of the school year in which the certificate of substantial completion of the project is issued by the architect or engineer, or six months after issuance of such certificate, whichever is later, are hereby ratified and validated, provided that such building project was eligible for aid in a year for which the commissioner of the department of education is required to prepare an estimate of apportionments due and owing pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision 21 of section 305 of the education law, provided further that such school district submits a final cost report on or before December 31, 2019 and such report is approved by the commissioner of education, and provided further that any amount due and payable for school years prior to the 2020-2021 school year as a result of this act shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education law.
§ 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department of education shall provide notice to all school districts that may have projects eligible under section one of this act no later than July 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.
LBD09755-01-9
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