A 568: Relates to school boards approving a budget that exceeds the tax levy limit by a sixty percent vote; requires subsequently it must be approved by a majority of the qualified voters.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 568 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school boards The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 6 of section 2023-a 2 of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 97 of 3 the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, [in 5 the event] where the trustee, trustees or board of education of a school 6 district that is subject to the provisions of this section proposes a 7 budget that will require a tax levy that exceeds the tax levy limit for 8 the corresponding school year, not including any levy necessary to 9 support the expenditures pursuant to subparagraphs (i) through (iv) of 10 paragraph i of subdivision two of this section, such proposed budget 11 shall be approved by sixty percent of the votes of the trustee, trustees 12 or board of education, then such budget shall be approved if [sixty 13 percent] a majority of the votes cast [thereon] by qualified voters are 14 in the affirmative. 15 (b) Where the trustee, trustees or board of education proposes a budg- 16 et subject to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the 17 ballot for such budget shall include the following statement in substan- 18 tially the same form: "Adoption of this budget requires a tax levy 19 increase of which exceeds the statutory tax levy increase limit 20 of for this school fiscal year and therefore exceeds the state tax 21 cap and must be approved by [sixty percent] a majority of the qualified 22 voters present and voting." 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02182-01-5