Authorizes the trustees of the Tuckahoe Common School district to submit a proposition to reorganize as the Tuckahoe-Shinnecock Union Free School District.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10042A
SPONSOR: Thiele TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to authorizing the trustees of the Tuckahoe Common
School District, county of Suffolk, to submit a proposition to the qual-
ified 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
TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to authorizing the trustees of the Tuckahoe Common
School District, county of Suffolk, to submit a proposition to the qual-
ified 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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tuckahoe Common School
District, located in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County, to submit
a proposition to reorganize as a union free school district.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Provides that the board of trustees of the Tuckahoe Common
School District may, upon its own motion, cause to be submitted at an
annual meeting or special meeting, a proposition to reorganize such
school district as a school district to be known as the Tuckahoe-Shinne-
cock Union Free School District.
Section 2. No such proposal shall be approved by the board of trustees
of the Tuckahoe Common School District until a feasibility study on the
reorganization is conducted and approved by the Board of Trustees. Such
study shall include, at a minimum,: a) current and projected student
enrollments; b) current and projected professional staffing plan; c) a
plan for educational programs and curricula in the proposed district; d)
a plan for transportation in the proposed district; and e) the fiscal
implications of the reorganization including changes in state aid,
expenditures, and local tax effort.
Section 3. Upon the approval of the proposition by the qualified voters
of the Tuckahoe Common School District, the Commissioner of Education
shall issue an order establishing the union free school district. Such
order shall specify the effective date of the order, which shall not be
later than 60 days after the approval of the proposition.
Section 4. Provides for an immediate effective date and be deemed
repealed June 30th, 2026.
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation was introduced at the request of the trustees of the
Tuckahoe Common School District which currently educates students from
Kindergarten to 8th Grade but is interested in the feasibility of
expanding enrollment to Grades 9-12 and operate a high school. In order
to do so, they must reorganize as a Union Free School District because
current law does not give this authority to Common School Districts.
Under the provisions of this legislation, the Tuckahoe Common School
District would be authorized to submit a proposition to the qualified
electors of the school district to reorganize as a union free school
district that would be known as the Tuckahoe-Shinnecock Union Free
School District. It sets forth the minimum parameters for a feasibility
study that must be conducted and approved by the Board of Trustees
before it can be placed on the ballot for the school district voters'
consideration.
Once the proposition is passed by the trustees and ultimately approved
by the voters, the Commissioner of Education shall issue an order to
specify the effective date of the reorganization (which shall not be
later than 60 days after the approval of the proposition) thereby allow-
ing the newly established Tuckahoe-Shinnecock Union Free School District
to move forward in making the necessary accommodations to enroll high-
school aged students.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: New Legislation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10042--A
IN ASSEMBLY
May 2, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education -- 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 and election or special meeting, a proposition to reorganize
5 such school district as a union free school district to be known as the
6 Tuckahoe-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.
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