§ 211-d. Contract for excellence. 1. a. Every school district that, as\nof April first of the base year, has at least one school identified as\nin corrective action or restructuring status or as a school requiring\nacademic progress: year two or above or as a school in need of\nimprovement: year two shall be required to prepare a contract for\nexcellence if the school district is estimated to receive an increase in\ntotal foundation aid for the current year compared to the base year in\nan amount that equals or exceeds either fifteen million dollars or ten\npercent of the amount received in the base year, whichever is less, or\nreceives a supplemental educational improvement plan grant. In school\nyear two thousand seven--two thousand eight such increase shall be the\namount of the difference between total foundation aid received for the\ncurrent year and the total foundation aid base, as defined in paragraph\nj of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.\n b. In addition to the school districts required to prepare a contract\nfor excellence under paragraph a of this subdivision, every school\ndistrict that filed a contract for excellence in the base year shall\nfile a contract for excellence in the current year if such district is\nestimated to receive a two-year increase, equal to the positive\ndifference of the total foundation aid apportioned for the current year\nless the total foundation aid base, as defined in paragraph j of\nsubdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter, for\nthe base year, in an amount that equals or exceeds either twenty-seven\nmillion five hundred thousand dollars or twenty percent of such total\nfoundation aid base for the base year; provided however, that this\nrequirement shall apply only to a school district that, as of April\nfirst of the base year, has at least one school that has been identified\nas in corrective action or restructuring status or as a school requiring\nacademic progress: year two or above or as a school in need of\nimprovement: year two.\n c. In a city school district located in a city of one million or more\ninhabitants, a contract for excellence shall be prepared for the city\nschool district and each community district that meets criteria\nspecified in this subdivision.\n d. All computations pursuant to paragraphs a and b of this subdivision\nand subdivision two of this section shall be based upon data included in\nthe computerized school aid run produced by the commissioner in support\nof the enacted state budget which established the foundation aid\nformulas for the current year. For purposes of this section,\naccountability status of schools shall be determined as of April first\nof the base year, except that if the commissioner determines that the\naccountability data on file for a school as of April first of the base\nyear was in error and officially adjusts the accountability status of\nthe school after such date, such adjusted data shall be used for the\npurposes of paragraphs a and b of this subdivision and subdivision two\nof this section.\n * e. Notwithstanding paragraphs a and b of this subdivision, a school\ndistrict that submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand\neight--two thousand nine school year shall submit a contract for\nexcellence for the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year in\nconformity with the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of paragraph a of\nsubdivision two of this section unless all schools in the district are\nidentified as in good standing and provided further that, a school\ndistrict that submitted a contract for excellence for the two thousand\nnine--two thousand ten school year, unless all schools in the district\nare identified as in good standing, shall submit a contract for\nexcellence for the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school year\nwhich shall, notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (vi) of\nparagraph a of subdivision two of this secti
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