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Senate bill · S6622 (2025-26)

Authorizes school districts to establish reserve funds for special services or programs

New York State Senate

Same as A7904, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Latest action May 18, 2026

Sponsor: Mark Walczyk (State Senator, District 49, Republican/Conservative)

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From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 20, 2026. About our data

Summary

Authorizes school districts to establish reserve funds for special services or programs upon approval by the board of education of such district in an amount not to exceed 10% of other reserve funds of the district.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Education Law.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Permits school districts to create a special education reserve fund.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Education · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Education · New York State Senate.

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The sponsor's argument

Why Mark Walczyk says this is needed

The right to a sound education is enshrined in the New York State Constitution. However, school districts face many obstacles to achieving this goal for students with special needs. The difficulties are espe- cially acute in rural districts, which have smaller budgets and a short- age of qualified special education teachers. The addition of even one child with special needs could cause enormous strain on a district's budget. This bill would allow school districts to set up a reserve account specifically for special education, with authorization from their school board. School superintendents have indicated that such a fund would help them pay for the education of this population.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. May 18, 2026

    Held for Consideration in Education

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN EDUCATION

    NY Assembly

  2. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    NY Assembly

  3. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    NY Senate

  4. Apr 11, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    NY Assembly

  5. Mar 18, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    NY Senate

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