New York Senate Bill S09183 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9183--A  IN SENATE May 2, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to authorizing the trustees of the Tuckahoe Common School District, county of Suffolk, to submit a proposition to the qualified voters of such district to reorganize such school district as a union free school district; 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. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 2 board of trustees of the Tuckahoe Common School District, county of 3 Suffolk, may, upon its own motion, cause to be submitted at the annual 4 meeting or election or special meeting, a proposition to reorganize such 5 school district as a union free school district to be known as the Tuck- 6 ahoe-Shinnecock Union Free School District. 7 § 2. No such proposition shall be approved by the board of trustees of 8 the Tuckahoe Common School District until the board conducts and 9 approves a feasibility study of the reorganization. Such study shall 10 include at a minimum: (a) current and projected student enrollments; (b) 11 current and projected professional staffing plans; (c) a plan for educa- 12 tional programs and curricula in the proposed district; (d) a plan for 13 transportation in the proposed district; and (e) the fiscal implications 14 of the reorganization including changes in state aid, expenditures, and 15 local tax effort. 16 § 3. Upon the approval of the proposition by the qualified voters of 17 the Tuckahoe Common School district, the commissioner of education shall 18 issue an order establishing the union free school district. Such order 19 shall specify the effective date of the order, which shall not be later 20 than 60 days after the approval of the proposition. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 22 deemed repealed June 30, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14944-06-4