Bill Commons

NY A 1771

in committee

Relates to school district state aid eligibility

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 1771 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1771 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY A 1771 about?

Provides that no school district shall be eligible to receive the full apportionment of state aid to which it is entitled if evidence is found by the state comptroller when an audit is conducted and such audit finds that a district has inappropriate excess of their unexpended surplus funds and such school district did not reduce the school tax levy in a proportion equal to the excess of four percent of the current year school budget.

Who sponsors NY A 1771?

Michael J. Fitzpatrick is the primary sponsor of NY A 1771.

Description

Provides that no school district shall be eligible to receive the full apportionment of state aid to which it is entitled if evidence is found by the state comptroller when an audit is conducted and such audit finds that a district has inappropriate excess of their unexpended surplus funds and such school district did not reduce the school tax levy in a proportion equal to the excess of four percent of the current year school budget.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Michael J. Fitzpatrickprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-14

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 5371not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5610not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4299not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1771?summary=&detail=

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