New York S 4449: Relates to making a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more eligible for transitional aid for charter school payments

Status: PRINT NUMBER 4449A (as of 2026-05-20)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4449

Sponsors: Robert Jackson, Cordell Cleare, John Liu

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S04449 Summary:

BILL NOS04449A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRCLEARE, LIU

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Amd §3602, Ed L

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Relates to making a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more eligible for transitional aid for charter school payments.

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BILL NOS04449A

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02/05/2025REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

05/19/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/20/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

05/20/2026PRINT NUMBER 4449A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4449--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, CLEARE, LIU -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York
 City Education -- recommitted to the Committee on New York City Educa-
 tion in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably
 from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to making a city school
 district in a city having a population of one million or more eligible
 for transitional aid for charter school payments

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 41 of section 3602 of
 2 the education law, as amended by section 10-d of part A of chapter 56 of
 3 the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 4 In addition to any other apportionment under this section, for the two
 5 thousand seven--two thousand eight school year and thereafter, a school
 6 district [other than a city school district in a city having a popu-
 7 lation of one million or more] shall be eligible for an apportionment in
 8 an amount equal to the greater of the sum of paragraphs (a), (b), and
 9 (c), or paragraph (e) of this subdivision.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027; provided, however, if
 11 this act shall have become a law after such date it shall take effect
 12 immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on
 13 and after April 1, 2027.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08951-02-6

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