New York S 8139: Provides for the transfer of powers and duties relating to canals and canal lands from the power authority of the state of New York to the canal recreationway commission; repealer

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S08139 Summary:

BILL NOS08139 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09048

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRCLEARE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, MYRIE, RYAN C, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3602, Ed L

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Relates to the assessment of extraordinary needs count for purposes of the apportionment of public moneys to school districts employing eight or more teachers; defines count of homeless children and children or youth in foster care.

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BILL NOS08139 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8139

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the extraordinary
 needs count for purposes of the apportionment of public moneys to
 school districts employing eight or more teachers

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph s of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the educa-
 2 tion law, as amended by section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 3 of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 4 s. "Extraordinary needs count" shall mean the sum of the product of
 5 the English language learner count multiplied by the ELL weight, plus,
 6 the poverty count [and], the sparsity count, and the count of homeless
 7 children and children or youth in foster care, provided that the 'ELL
 8 weight' shall be five tenths (0.50) for the two thousand twenty-four--
 9 two thousand twenty-five school year and prior, and shall be equal to
 10 fifty-three hundredths (0.53) in the two thousand twenty-five--two thou-
 11 sand twenty-six school year and thereafter.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 13 adding a new paragraph nn to read as follows:
 14 nn. "Count of homeless children and children or youth in foster care"
 15 shall mean the sum of the product of students identified at any point in
 16 the most recently completed school year as homeless children, as defined
 17 by section thirty-two hundred nine of this chapter, or children or youth
 18 in foster care, as defined by section thirty-two hundred forty-four of
 19 this chapter, multiplied by thirty-two percent.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided, however, that
 21 if section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025 shall not
 22 have taken effect on or before such date then section one of this act
 23 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such part
 24 of such chapter of the laws of 2025, takes effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13125-01-5

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