What's happening
This bill updates the lottery aid formula for New York school districts by including regional cost and pupil need indices in the calculation.
Why it matters
Adjusts lottery aid to better reflect local economic conditions. by factoring in a school district’s regional cost index, meaning aid will be more responsive to differences in expenses faced by schools in various parts of the state.
Targets funding to districts with greater student needs. by incorporating a “pupil need index” into the formula, which could increase resources for districts serving higher percentages of students requiring additional support (such as low-income, English language learners, or students with disabilities).
Updates reference points to align with more current education law standards. , ensuring the formula uses up-to-date definitions for foundational elements like state sharing ratios and the calculation of aid, potentially making funding distribution more equitable and transparent.
May create shifts in funding among districts. , particularly benefiting those in higher-cost regions or with higher-need student populations, while potentially reducing relative aid for lower-cost, lower-need districts.
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Update Lottery Aid for Schools
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STATE OF NEW YORK
344
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to lottery aid formulas for school districts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance law, as amended by section 64 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(4) each eligible school district shall be entitled to an additional lottery grant equal to the result of multiplying the district's total aidable foundation pupil units for the base year computed pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision two of section thirty-six hundred two of [this act] the education law by:
Base Grant x regional cost index x pupil need index x (1 + aid ratio)
Where, the base grant shall equal the sum of the net total available moneys after making payments pursuant to subparagraphs [(1), (2), (2-a) and (3) above] one, two, two-a and three of this paragraph, plus an amount from the general support for public schools-- general fund local assistance account equal to the June lottery payment, divided by the total aidable foundation pupil units of the state and where the regional cost index shall be the regional cost index defined in subparagraph two of paragraph a of subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law, and the pupil need index shall be the pupil need index defined in subparagraph three of paragraph a of subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law, and the Aid Ratio is equal to one minus [the pupil wealth ratio of the district as such term is defined in section thirty-six hundred two of the education
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00810-01-5
law. In no case shall a school district aid ratio exceed one (1) or be less than minus one (-1)] the state sharing ratio for total foundation aid as defined in paragraph g of subdivision three of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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