New York A 5203: Relates to reimbursement of school districts for expenditures resulting from certain civil action settlements or jury awards

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A05203 Summary:

BILL NOA05203 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano, Palmesano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2023-a, add §3615, Ed L

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Relates to reimbursement of school districts for expenditures resulting from certain civil action settlements or jury awards related to child sex offenses if there was a monetary judgement issued or settlement agreement, the school district has no applicable insurance and the settlement or jury award would put a substantial financial burden on the school district.

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BILL NOA05203 

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02/12/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5203

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reimbursement of
 school districts for expenditures resulting from certain civil action
 settlements or jury awards

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision
 2 2 of section 2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part
 3 A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
 4 (iii) in years in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
 5 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 6 sion two of section five hundred seventeen of this chapter, increases by
 7 more than two percentage points from the previous year, a tax levy
 8 necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for school
 9 district employer contributions to the New York state teachers' retire-
 10 ment system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus two
 11 percentage points; [and]
 12 (iv) a capital tax levy; and
 13 (v) a tax levy necessary for expenditures resulting from civil action
 14 settlements or jury awards made pursuant to section two hundred four-
 15 teen-g of the civil practice law and rules for any amount that exceeds
 16 five percent of the total tax levied in the prior school year.
 17 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3615 to read
 18 as follows:
 19 § 3615. Reimbursement to school districts for civil action settlements
 20 or jury awards. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contra-
 21 ry, subject to available appropriation, the commissioner shall reimburse
 22 school districts for expenditures made to pay for civil settlements or
 23 jury awards related to section two hundred fourteen-g of the civil prac-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08059-01-5

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 1 tice law and rules. Such payments to school districts shall only be made
 2 when:
 3 a. it can be demonstrated that no insurance policy for the covered
 4 period can be located, or such settlement or jury award exceeds the
 5 policy limit of the established insurance policy;
 6 b. there was a monetary judgment issued or settlement agreement with
 7 regard to such settlement or jury award; and
 8 c. it can be demonstrated that the settlement or jury award would put
 9 a substantial financial burden on the school district.
 10 2. Each school district shall report to the commissioner annually, by
 11 a date to be established by the commissioner, the amount of expenditures
 12 made by the district that are directly related to settlements or jury
 13 awards made pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-g of the civil
 14 practice law and rules.
 15 3. The commissioner shall report to the governor and the legislature,
 16 by August first of each year, on the administration and funding of the
 17 reimbursement program.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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