New York A 6826: Relates to capital apportionment to high need school districts bordering the city of New York

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A06826 Summary:

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Provides the same adjustment for capital apportionment to high need school districts bordering the city of New York as used by school districts of the city of New York.

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BILL NOA06826 

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03/14/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6826

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to apportionment for
 capital outlays and debt service for school building purposes to
 certain high need school districts

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 1 and 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 6 of
 2 section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of part A of
 3 chapter 60 of the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) For new construction and the purchase of existing structures, the
 5 cost allowances shall be based upon the rated capacity of the building
 6 or addition and a basic per pupil allowance of up to six thousand three
 7 hundred seventy-five dollars adjusted monthly by a statewide index
 8 reflecting changes in the cost of labor and materials since July first,
 9 nineteen hundred ninety-two, established by the commissioner of labor,
 10 modified by an annual county or multi-county labor market composite wage
 11 rate, established by the commissioner of labor in consultation with the
 12 commissioner, for July first of the base year, commencing July first,
 13 nineteen hundred ninety-seven for general construction contracts awarded
 14 on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, indexed to the
 15 median of such county or multi-county rates, but not less than one. For
 16 aid payable in school year two thousand twenty-five--twenty-six and
 17 thereafter, for school districts located in counties with a population
 18 of more than nine hundred forty thousand and less than one million
 19 inhabitants according to the two thousand twenty federal census and are
 20 eligible for aid pursuant to clause (c) of subparagraph two of paragraph
 21 c of this subdivision, such aid shall be adjusted by the annual county
 22 labor market composite wage rate of the city school district of such
 23 city having a population of one million or more inhabitants. Such base
 24 allowance shall apply to a building or an addition housing grades prek-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05860-01-5

 A. 6826 2

 1 indergarten through six and shall be adjusted for a building or an addi-
 2 tion housing grades seven through nine by a factor of one and four-
 3 tenths, for a building or an addition housing grades seven through
 4 twelve by a factor of one and five-tenths, for a building or addition
 5 housing special education programs by a factor of two, except that where
 6 such building or addition is connected to, or such space is located
 7 within, a public school facility housing programs for nondisabled
 8 pupils, as approved by the commissioner, a factor of three shall be
 9 used. Rated capacity of a building or an addition shall be determined by
 10 the commissioner based on space standards and other requirements for
 11 building construction specified by the commissioner. Such assigned
 12 capacity ratings shall include, in addition to those spaces used for the
 13 instruction of pupils, those spaces which are used for elementary and
 14 secondary school libraries, cafeterias, prekindergarten instructional
 15 rooms, teachers' conference rooms, gymnasiums and auditoriums. For new
 16 construction projects approved on or after July first, two thousand, by
 17 the voters of the school district or by the board of education of a city
 18 school district in a city with more than one