Provides for the time period bases and manner of payment of employment preparation education apportionment state aid.
Education finance: average daily attendance: apportionments.
Special education local plan areas: apportionments: alternate assessments.
Requires any state aid owed to a school district from a prior year adjustment be paid as part of the first state aid payment of the following school year following the notification of such payments.
Requires any state aid owed to a school district from a prior year adjustment be paid as part of the first state aid payment of the following school year following the notification of such payments.
Employment: payment of wages.
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; relates to contracts for excellence, foundation aid, the homeless and foster count, renewable energy projects, zero-emissions school buses and to apportioning aid for universal prekindergarten; relates to reimbursement for the 2026-2027 school year and the maximum contract hours, withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid, and the effectiveness thereof; relates to the use of apportionments for the EXCEL program and the effectiveness thereof; relates to maximum class sizes for special classes for certain students with disabilities; provides for special apportionment for salary expenses; provides for special apportionment for public pension accruals; amends provisions relating to the apportionment amount for the Roosevelt union free school district; provides for set-asides from the state funds which certain districts are receiving from the total foundation aid; provides for support of public libraries; repeals certain provisions relating to the statewide universal full-day prekindergarten program (Part A); relates to evidence-based instructional practices in the subject of mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade five (Part B); relates to the eligibility of students enrolled in an approved program leading to a degree in a high demand field for the New York opportunity promise scholarship (Part C); allows for the chancellor of SUNY and CUNY to impose differential tuition rates on non-resident undergraduate and graduate students until the 2028-2029 academic year (Part E); relates to early childhood educator eligibility for the masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program (Part F); changes the name of the "New York state musical instrument revolving fund" to the "New York state music grant fund"; includes musical education in school districts and boards of cooperative educational services within not-for-profit musical entities incorporated in the state and organized for the purpose of the presentation of performing arts for the benefit of the public (Part G); extends provisions of law relating to restructuring financing for residential school placements (Part K); increases the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part L); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for the neighborhood preservation program, the rural preservation program, the rural rental assistance program, and the New York state supportive housing program, the solutions to end homelessness program or the operational support for AIDS housing program (Part M); increases the number of land banks which can simultaneously exist in the state of New York from 35 to 45 (Part N); authorizes a tax abatement for alterations and improvements to multiple dwellings for purposes of preserving habitability in affordable housing (Part O); relates to establishing the crime of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant (Part P); renumbers the disparate impact standard for housing and employment in the human rights law (Part Q); defines eligible multiple dwelling under the affordable New York housing program; includes a multiple dwelling that is located on a parcel of land which was part of a tract of land for which a special permit for a large scale general development was approved via the uniform land use review procedure on or before June 15, 2022, and such tract contains a multiple dwelling for which the commencement date is after December 31, 2015 and on or before June 15, 2022 and complies with certain affordability options (Part R).
Defining the term "evidence-based" related to public education and in teacher preparation programs.
Dental providers: fee-based payments.
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year; relates to contracts for excellence, foundation aid, and to apportioning aid for universal prekindergarten; relates to the apportionment of moneys for school aid; relates to purchase of food products from NY state farmers, growers, producers or processors; relates to reimbursement for the 2026-2027 school year and the maximum contract hours, withholding a portion of employment preparation education aid, and the effectiveness thereof; relates to the use of apportionments for the EXCEL program and the effectiveness thereof; relates to maximum class sizes for special classes for certain students with disabilities; relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to state aid to school districts and the appropriation of funds for the support of government; provides for special apportionment for salary expenses; provides for special apportionment for public pension accruals; provides for set-asides from the state funds which certain districts are receiving from the total foundation aid; provides for apportionment for salary expenses for the Roosevelt union free school district; provides for support of public libraries; repeals certain provisions relating to the statewide universal full-day prekindergarten program (Part A); relates to evidence-based instructional practices in the subject of mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade five (Part B); relates to the eligibility of students enrolled in an approved program leading to a degree in high demand field for the New York opportunity promise scholarship (Part C); extends the authorization for differential tuition rates for non-residents at SUNY and CUNY schools (Part E); relates to early childhood educator eligibility for the masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program (Part F); changes the name of the New York state musical instrument revolving fund to the New York state music grant fund; removes provisions of law relating to the loan, lease and purchase of musical instruments and other related property and equipment and the requirement that the state council on the arts provide a report to the governor and certain members of the legislature containing guidelines and amendments established by the state council on the arts and a complete financial statement including, but not limited to, monies allocated, collected, transferred or otherwise paid or credited to the fund (Part G); increases the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons living in the community (Part L); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for the neighborhood preservation program, the rural preservation program, the rural rental assistance program, and the New York state supportive housing program, the solutions to end homelessness program or the operational support for AIDS housing program (Part M); increases the number of land banks which can simultaneously exist in the state of New York from 35 to 45 (Part N); establishes the homeowner protection program; provides that the department of law shall establish the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership; provides that the department of law shall provide grants to eligible not-for-profit housing counseling organizations and legal services organizations to provide services under the program (Part Q); makes New York city eligible to receive state funding to support capital expenses for raise the age (Part R); requires the office of children and family services to utilize a cost estimation model when determining the actual cost providers incur when providing child care; requires the office to prepare a report detailing such (Part S); prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance (Part T); relates to assisting persons with medically diagnosed HIV infection (Part U); increases the income threshold for excelsior scholarship (Part V); expands eligibility for tuition assistance program awards by increasing both the income eligibility and the reduction of the base amount (Part W); requires the governor to submit five-year capital plans for SUNY and CUNY senior colleges to the legislature as part of the annual budget (Part X); permits tuition assistance program awards for graduate students (Part Y); enacts the New York reinvests in student educational supports program (Part Z); provides student loan forgiveness for district attorneys and indigent legal services (Part AA).