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Home/Bills/A 557New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 557: Requires the budget submitted by the governor to include an itemization, by each individual school district, of appropriations for the support of school districts.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 557 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill requires the state to itemize proposed school district appropriations in the education budget. This means that each school district in the state will have a separate allocation for funding. The itemization will be included in the annual budget bill submitted by the governor and any amendments thereto. The changes will take effect immediately upon the bill's passage.

Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to ways and means
Jan. 08, 2025referred to ways and means
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 196 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 557 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring itemiza- tion, by school district, of proposed appropriations to the education department for the support of school districts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 24 of the state finance law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. In each budget bill submitted annually by the governor, and in 4 every amendment thereof submitted by the governor, which appropriates 5 moneys to the education department for the support of school districts, 6 there shall be included for each such appropriation, the apportionment 7 thereof to each individual school district in the state. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02053-01-5 
Text of A 557 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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