New York Laws
Article 89 - Children With Handicapping Conditions
4401 - Definitions.

(a) receipts from the federal government;
(b) any cash receipts which reduce the cost of an item applied against
the item therefor, except gifts, donations and earned interest, and
(c) any refunds made or any apportionment or payment received from the
state for experimental or special programs as approved by the
commissioner.
6. "Excess cost" shall mean the difference between the tuition and the
sum of the following:
a. the school district basic contribution as defined in subdivision
eight of this section; and
b. the amount of federal funds received by the school district and
expended for such pupil which in the judgment of the commissioner shall
be deemed duplicative.
7. "Excess cost aid ratio" for a school district shall be computed by
subtracting from one the product obtained by multiplying fifteen per
centum by the combined wealth ratio as defined in section thirty-six
hundred two of this chapter. This aid ratio shall be expressed as a
decimal carried to three places without rounding, but shall not be less
than fifty hundredths, nor more than one.
8. "School district basic contribution" shall mean an amount equal to
the total school district local property and non-property tax levy for
the base year divided by the base year public school district enrollment
of resident pupils of the school district as defined in paragraph n of
subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter,
except that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen and two
thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year and thereafter, for

school districts other than central high school districts and their
components, such tax levy for the base year shall be divided by the year
prior to the base year pupil count as determined by the commissioner
pursuant to paragraph f of subdivision two of section thirty-six hundred
two of this chapter for any school district in which such year prior to
the base year pupil count exceeds one hundred fifty percent of such base
year public school district enrollment of resident pupils.
* 9. "Transition services" shall mean a coordinated set of activities
for a student with a disability, designed to be within a
results-oriented process, that is focused on improving the academic and
functional achievement of the student with a disability to facilitate
movement from school to post-school activities, including post-secondary
education, vocational education, integrated employment (including
supported employment), continuing and adult education, adult services,
independent living, or community participation. The coordinated set of
activities shall be based upon the student's strengths, preferences and
interests, and shall include instruction, related services, community
experiences, the development of employment and other post-school adult
living objectives, and, if appropriate, acquisition of daily living
skills and provision of a functional vocational evaluation.
* NB Effective until June 30, 2024
* 9. "Transition services" shall mean a coordinated set of activities
for a student with a disability, designed within an outcome-oriented
process, which promotes movement from school to post-school activities,
including post-secondary education, vocational training, integrated
competitive employment (including supported employment), continuing and
adult education, adult services, independent living, or community
participation. The coordinated set of activities shall be based upon the
individual student's needs, taking into account the student's
preferences and interests, and shall include instruction, related
services, community experiences, the development of employment and other
post-school adult living objectives, and, if appropriate, acquisition of
daily living skills and functional vocational evaluation.
* NB Effective June 30, 2024
10. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this article, where
a private not-for-profit school enters into a lease, sublease or other
agreement with the dormitory authority pursuant to section sixteen
hundred eighty of the public authorities law, the tuition rates
established by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be
established in two parts, one part of which shall be the cost per child
of the annual rental payment pursuant to such lease, sublease or other
agreement to be paid by the school district or the social services
district, as the case may be, to the fund established by this chapter;
the remaining part shall be the tuition amount to be paid to the private
not-for-profit school.
11. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this article, where
the special act school district enters into a lease, sublease or other
agreement with the dormitory authority pursuant to section four hundred
seven-a of this chapter, the tuition rates established by the
commissioner pursuant to this section shall be established in two parts,
one part of which shall be the cost per child of the annual rental
payment pursuant to such section four hundred seven-a of this chapter to
be paid by the school district or the social services district, as the
case may be, to the fund established in such section; the remaining part
shall be the tuition amount to be paid to the special act school
district.