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A 3194: Provides that state aid payments due for prior years shall be paid either from funds available in the general support for public school appropriation as a result of the deduction of excess payments of aid; or within the limit of the appropriation designated therefor.
What A 3194 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the education law to address payment of moneys due for prior years and apportionment of moneys to school districts. The state aid payments due for prior years will be paid from either the general support for public school appropriation or within the designated appropriation limit. Each eligible claim will be payable in the order it has been approved for payment by the commissioner, but no claim will draw down more than 40% of the designated appropriation for a single year. The bill allows for partial payments in one year and retains the priority date status for future years. The amendments will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3194
- What is the current status of A 3194?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 3194 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to education".
- Did A 3194 pass?
- Not yet. A 3194 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 3194, and where is it now?
- A 3194 was authored by Asm. Chris Eachus with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Jan. 23, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 23, 2025 · 324 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3194 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, JACOBSON, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the payment of moneys due for prior years and the apportionment of moneys to school districts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the educa- 2 tion law, as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 c. Payment of moneys due for prior years. State aid payments due for 5 prior years in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision shall 6 be paid either: (i) from funds available in the general support for 7 public school appropriation as a result of the deduction of excess 8 payments of aid pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision; or (ii) 9 within the limit of the appropriation designated therefor provided, 10 however, that each eligible claim shall be payable in the order that it 11 has been approved for payment by the commissioner, but in no case shall 12 a single claim draw down more than forty percent of the appropriation so 13 designated for a single year, and provided further that no claim shall 14 be set aside for insufficiency of funds to make a complete payment, but 15 shall be eligible for a partial payment in one year and shall retain its 16 priority date status for appropriations designated for such purposes in 17 future years. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06160-01-5
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