New York A 5547: Authorizes school districts to establish an extraordinary needs reserve fund for the expenses of providing special education

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A05547 Summary:

BILL NOA05547 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00697

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SPONSORBologna

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COSPNSRSmullen, Bailey, Sempolinski

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3651, Ed L

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Authorizes school districts to establish an extraordinary needs reserve fund for the expenses of providing special education.

Go to top A05547 Actions:

BILL NOA05547 

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02/14/2025referred to education

05/20/2025held for consideration in education

01/07/2026referred to education

Go to topA05547 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:20/8 Action: Held for Consideration BenedettoAyeSmithNay

MagnarelliAyeMcDonoughExcused

PaulinAyeMikulinNay

RamosAyeReillyNay

KimAyeBrownNay

OtisAyeChangNay

HyndmanAyePirozzoloNay

BronsonAyeMaherNay

TaylorAyeSempolinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAye

SayeghExcused

ButtenschonAye

ConradAye

JacksonAye

MitaynesAye

SeptimoAye

De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsAye

ClarkExcused

ZaccaroAye

TorresAye

Go to topA05547 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05547 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5547

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the establishment of
 an extraordinary needs reserve fund

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3651 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 1-c to read as follows:
 3 1-c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this
 4 section, any school district may establish a reserve fund for the
 5 payment of unanticipated costs related to the instruction of students as
 6 defined in subparagraph one of paragraph i of subdivision one of section
 7 thirty-six hundred two and pursuant to subdivision two of section thir-
 8 ty-two hundred four of this chapter incurred throughout the fiscal year.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 10 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02824-01-5

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