Relates to reimbursement for nonpublic school safety equipment grants

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9885

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 13, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SUTTON -- 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  reimbursement  for
          grants  for  the hiring of teachers, arts and music teacher grants and
          nonpublic school safety equipment grants

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3037 of the education law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, ANY  REIMBURSE-
     4  MENT PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
     5  OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
     6    § 2. The education law is amended by adding three new sections 3037-a,
     7  3037-b and 3037-c to read as follows:
     8    §  3037-A.  ARTS  AND  MUSIC  TEACHER  GRANTS  FOR  NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.
     9  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY  REIMBURSEMENT
    10  PAYABLE TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND MUSIC TEACHER GRANTS ADMINIS-
    11  TERED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE
    12  DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT.
    13    § 3037-B. NONPUBLIC  SCHOOL  SAFETY  EQUIPMENT  GRANTS  FOR  NONPUBLIC
    14  SCHOOLS.   NOTWITHSTANDING   ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY
    15  REIMBURSEMENT PAYABLE TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL  SAFETY
    16  EQUIPMENT  GRANTS  ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE PAID WITHIN
    17  TWELVE MONTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION  FOR
    18  SUCH GRANT.
    19    § 3037-C. MANDATORY QUARTERLY REPORTING FOR UNPAID GRANTS TO NONPUBLIC
    20  SCHOOLS.  THE  COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS
    21  AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, SHALL REPORT UPON  ANY  REIMBURSEMENTS  PAYABLE
    22  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS THREE THOUSAND THIRTY-SEVEN, THREE THOUSAND THIR-
    23  TY-SEVEN-A, AND THREE THOUSAND THIRTY-SEVEN-B OF THIS ARTICLE THAT  HAVE
    24  NOT  BEEN  PAID  WITHIN  TWELVE  MONTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECEIPT OF A
    25  COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT. SUCH REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
    26  BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL THAT HAS
    27  NOT BEEN REIMBURSED, THE CURRENT OUTSTANDING REIMBURSEMENT  AMOUNT,  THE

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  GRANT  TYPE SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT, AND THE ORIGINAL DATE ON WHICH THE
     2  DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANT. SUCH  REPORTS
     3  SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE COMPTROLLER, THE TEMPORARY PRES-
     4  IDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE
     5  SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  EDUCATION
     6  COMMITTEE  WITHIN  THIRTY  BUSINESS  DAYS FOLLOWING THE LAST DAY OF EACH
     7  CALENDAR QUARTER.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027.