New York S 697: Authorizes school districts to establish an extraordinary needs reserve fund for the expenses of providing special education
Status: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 697
Sponsors: Patrick M. Gallivan, George Borrello, Pamela Helming
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript S00697 Summary: BILL NOS00697   SAME ASSAME AS A05547   SPONSORGALLIVAN   COSPNSRBORRELLO, HELMING   MLTSPNSR   Amd §3651, Ed L   Authorizes school districts to establish an extraordinary needs reserve fund for the expenses of providing special education. Go to top S00697 Actions: BILL NOS00697   01/08/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION 01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION Go to topS00697 Committee Votes: Go to topS00697 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topS00697 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 697 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, HELMING -- 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 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 Go to top • Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps
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