New York A 2545: Establishes an economic grant program for the Second Avenue Subway construction project area

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A02545 Summary:

BILL NOA02545 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSayegh (MS)

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COSPNSRForrest, Simon, Zinerman, Cook, Brabenec, Giglio, Lemondes, Cruz, Shimsky, Brook-Krasny,
 Santabarbara, Gallahan

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MLTSPNSRLevenberg

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Amd §3602, Ed L

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Increases foundation aid for school districts that meet five variables impacting academic success: free or reduced lunch, English language learners, wealth ratio, enrollment, special education, and being located in a high wealth ratio county.

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BILL NOA02545 

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01/17/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2545

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, FORREST, SIMON, ZINERMAN, COOK, BRABENEC,
 GIGLIO, LEMONDES, CRUZ, SHIMSKY, BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
 M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing foundation
 aid to school districts located in a high wealth ratio county that
 meet five variables impacting academic success: free or reduced lunch,
 English language learners, wealth ratio, enrollment, and special
 education

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "school aid
 2 equity act".
 3 § 2. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 42 to read as follows:
 5 42. Foundation aid to address school district funding inequity.
 6 Commencing with aid payable in the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand
 7 twenty-seven school year, the commissioner shall increase the amount of
 8 foundation aid, at a rate determined by the commissioner, for school
 9 districts that all of the following conditions and criteria apply:
 10 a. a three-year average free and reduced price lunch percent greater
 11 than two-thirds or sixty-seven percent (0.67);
 12 b. an English language learner count that totals above thirteen
 13 percent (0.13) of the entire school district population;
 14 c. a combined wealth ratio greater than seven-tenths percent (0.7);
 15 d. an increase in enrollment of at least two percent (0.02) since the
 16 two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year; and
 17 e. a special education count that totals above eight percent (0.08) of
 18 the entire school district population.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04263-01-5

 A. 2545 2

 1 Nothing in this subdivision shall reduce the amount of foundation aid
 2 to any school district in which this subdivision's conditions and crite-
 3 ria do not apply.
 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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