S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3331 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to re-classify the Canton central school district as a high need-rural category THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regu- 2 lation, for the purposes of the calculation of state aid under article 3 73 of the education law, based on 2010 census data, the commissioner of 4 education shall re-classify the Canton central school district as a high 5 need-rural category as defined by such commissioner based upon the 6 need/resource capacity index applicable to such school districts. 7 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07653-01-5