New York A 2531: Requires gas corporations to file a plan addressing aging or leaking pipelines within their service territory

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A02531 Summary:

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Provides for an annual growth amount for tuition and regional rate reimbursement for approved school-age and preschool special education programs.

Go to top A02531 Actions:

BILL NOA02531 

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01/17/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

05/18/2026held for consideration in education

Go to topA02531 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:05/18/2026AYE/NAY:17/7 Action: Held for Consideration Correction Date:05/22/2026BenedettoAyeSmithNay

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Bichotte HermelAbsent

JacobsonAye

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JacksonAye

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De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsAye

ClarkAye

ZaccaroAye

TorresAye

Go to topA02531 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02531 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2531

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing an annual
 growth amount for tuition and regional rate reimbursement for approved
 school-age and preschool special education programs

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4003 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 947 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. The director of the budget, in consultation with the commissioner
 5 [of education], the commissioner of social services, the commissioner of
 6 health, the commissioner of mental health, and any other state agency or
 7 other source [he] the director of the budget may deem appropriate, shall
 8 approve reimbursement methodologies for tuition and maintenance. Any
 9 modification in any such methodology which has previously been approved
 10 shall be subject to the approval of the director of the budget. Tuition
 11 and/or fee for service rates approved for the two thousand twenty-five-
 12 -two thousand twenty-six school year and thereafter for special services
 13 or programs provided to school-age students by approved private residen-
 14 tial or nonresidential schools for the education of students with disa-
 15 bilities that are located within the state, by special act school
 16 districts, and by July and August programs for students with disabili-
 17 ties approved pursuant to section forty-four hundred eight of this
 18 title, and for special services or programs provided to preschool
 19 students by programs serving preschool students with disabilities
 20 approved pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of this title
 21 including, but not limited to, special class and special class in an
 22 integrated setting programs, multi-disciplinary evaluation programs,
 23 special education itinerant services, and preschool transportation
 24 services for which tuition and/or fee for service rates are determined,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05740-01-5

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 1 shall grow by a percentage equal to the greater of: (i) the difference
 2 of the quotient arrived at when dividing the statewide apportionments
 3 for general support for public schools, as defined in subdivision one of
 4 section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this chapter, for the current year
 5 by such apportionments for the base year, as such terms are defined in
 6 subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter, as is
 7 computed based on an electronic filing data file used to produce the
 8 school aid computer for the current year, less one; or (ii) zero.
 9 § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the education
 10 law, as amended by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 11 follows:
 12 c. The director of the budget, in consultation with the co