New York A 7867: Provides for accelerated payments to the city school district of the city of Mount Vernon

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Provides for accelerated payments to the city school district of the city of Mount Vernon.

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04/11/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7867

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT providing for accelerated payments to the city school district of
 the city of Mount Vernon; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The Mount Vernon city school district shall be paid on an
 2 accelerated schedule as follows:
 3 a. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for aid payable in
 4 the school years 2025-2026 through 2054-2055 upon application to the
 5 commissioner of education submitted not sooner than the second Monday in
 6 June of the school year in which such aid is payable and not later than
 7 the Friday following the third Monday in June of the school year in
 8 which such aid is payable, or ten days after the effective date of this
 9 act, whichever shall be later, provided, however that for the 2025-2026
 10 school year such application shall be no later than May 11, 2025, the
 11 Mount Vernon city school district shall be eligible to receive an appor-
 12 tionment pursuant to this act in an amount equal to the product of up to
 13 eight million dollars ($8,000,000) and the quotient of the positive
 14 difference of thirty minus the number of school years elapsed since the
 15 2025-2026 school year divided by thirty, provided, however, that for the
 16 2025-2026 school year such apportionment shall be paid to the Mount
 17 Vernon city school district no later than May 20, 2025.
 18 (2) Funds apportioned pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for
 19 services and expenses of the Mount Vernon city school district and shall
 20 be applied to support of its educational programs and any liability
 21 incurred by such city school district in carrying out its functions and
 22 responsibilities under the education law.
 23 b. The claim for an apportionment to be paid to the Mount Vernon city
 24 school district pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00790-04-5

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 1 submitted to the commissioner of education on a form prescribed for such
 2 purpose, and shall be payable upon determination by such commissioner
 3 that the form has been submitted as prescribed and that the school
 4 district has complied with the reporting requirements of this act. For
 5 each school year in which application is made pursuant to subdivision a
 6 of this section, such approved amount shall be payable on or before June
 7 thirtieth of such school year upon the audit and warrant of the state
 8 comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of
 9 education in the manner prescribed by law from moneys in the state
 10 lottery fund appropriated for general support of public schools and from
 11 the general fund to the extent that the amount paid to the Mount Vernon
 12 city school district pursuant to this subdivision and subdivision a of
 13 this section exceeds the amount of the moneys apportioned, if any, for
 14 general support for public schools due such school district pursuant to
 15 section 3609-a of the education law on or before September first of such
 16 school year.
 17 c. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3609-a of the education
 18 law, an amount equal to the amount paid to the Mount Vernon city school
 19 district during the base year pursuant to subdivisions a and b of this
 20 section shall first be deducted from payments due during the current
 21 school year pursuant to subparagraphs 1,