A 5040: Provides reimbursement to districts for any student attending a boards of cooperative educational services program.
What A 5040 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to provide reimbursement to school districts and boards of cooperative educational services for students attending their programs. The reimbursement will be for any actual expenses incurred related to the student's attendance. The bill will take effect immediately, unless an appropriation is not made for reimbursement, in which case it will take effect 45 days after the appropriation is made.
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Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5040
- What is the current status of A 5040?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5040 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 5040 pass?
- Not yet. A 5040 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5040, and where is it now?
- A 5040 was authored by Asm. Jonathan Jacobson with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Education. It is filed under EDN, alongside 312 other New York EDN bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 11, 2025 · 355 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5040 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, RAGA, EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reimbursement for students attending a boards of cooperative educational services program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 14-a to read as follows: 3 14-a. Districts shall be reimbursed for any actual expense incurred 4 related to a student attending a boards of cooperative educational 5 services program. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 7 if upon such effective date, an appropriation to the education depart- 8 ment shall not have been made for reimbursement of school districts and 9 boards of cooperative educational services for the purposes of imple- 10 menting the provisions of subdivision 14-a of section 3602 of the educa- 11 tion law, as added by section one of this act, then this act shall take 12 effect on the forty-fifth day after such an appropriation is made, and 13 provided, further, that the division of the budget shall notify the 14 legislative bill drafting commission upon enactment whether such an 15 appropriation has been made, and if such appropriation shall not have 16 been made on or before such date, the division of the budget shall noti- 17 fy the legislative bill drafting commission upon the date such an appro- 18 priation shall have been made, in order that the commission may maintain 19 an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the 20 laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the 21 provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the 22 public officers law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02334-01-5
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