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Part of the education budget bill for New York State for 2012-13:

THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION AMOUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE—TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SCHOOL YEAR FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE COMPUTED BASED ON DATA ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND IN THE DATABASE USED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO PRODUCE AN UPDATED ELECTRONIC DATA FILE IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE—TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN STATE FISCAL YEAR, AND SHALL EQUAL THE SUM OF (I) THE GREATER OF:

(A) THE PRODUCT OF (1) THE PRODUCT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS INDEX MULTIPLIED BY TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS, COMPUTED TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES WITHOUT ROUNDING, MULTIPLIED BY (2) THE STATE SHARING RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH G OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY (3) THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, WHERE THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS INDEX SHALL BE THE QUOTIENT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY NEEDS PERCENT FOR THE DISTRICT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH W OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION DIVIDED BY FORTY-EIGHT HUNDREDTHS; OR

(B) FOR ANY DISTRICT WITH A GEA/TGFE RATIO GREATER THAN ONE, WHERE THE GEA/TGFE RATIO SHALL BE THE QUOTIENT OF THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN—TWO THOUSAND TWELVE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OF SUCH DISTRICT IN THE BASE YEAR, DIVIDED BY THE QUOTIENT OF THE STATEWIDE TOTAL GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN—TWO THOUSAND TWELVE SCHOOL YEAR DIVIDED BY TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IN THE BASE YEAR, THE PRODUCT OF (1) THE PRODUCT OF THE GEA/TGFE RATIO MULTIPLIED BY NINETY DOLLARS, COMPUTED TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES WITHOUT ROUNDING, MULTIPLIED BY (2) THE STATE SHARING RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH G OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY (3) THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; OR

(C) THE PRODUCT OF TWO AND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX ONE-THOUSANDTHS OF A PERCENT (0.02956) MULTIPLIED BY THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN—TWO THOUSAND TWELVE SCHOOL YEAR; OR

(D) THE PRODUCT OF (1) THE POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, OF ONE AND THIRTY-SEVEN ONE-HUNDREDTHS (1.37) MINUS THE PRODUCT OF THE COMBINED WEALTH RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND ONE-HALF (1.5), BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE, MULTIPLIED BY (2) THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, MULTIPLIED BY (3) FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY CENTS; OR

(E) FOR ANY DISTRICT WITH A TAX EFFORT RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF THIS SECTION THAT IS GREATER THAN FOUR AND FOUR-TENTHS (4.4) AND A COMBINED WEALTH RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION THAT IS LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF (1.5), THE PRODUCT OF (1) THE STATE SHARING RATIO COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH G OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY (2) THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR, CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, MULTIPLIED BY (3) THREE HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS;

BUT SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN THE PRODUCT OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT AND THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN—TWO THOUSAND TWELVE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT, AND (II) THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION WHICH SHALL BE APPORTIONED TO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF CITIES WITH A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND LESS THAN ONE MILLION. FOR ANY SUCH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RATIO GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO FOUR PERCENT AND LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT, THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION BASE MULTIPLIED BY SEVEN TENTHS. FOR ANY SUCH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RATIO GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO FIVE PERCENT, THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION BASE MULTIPLIED BY TWO AND TWO TENTHS. FOR ANY SUCH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RATIO LESS THAN FOUR PERCENT, THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION BASE MULTIPLIED BY ONE AND SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS.

(A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPUTATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH (1) “LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RATIO” SHALL MEAN THE QUOTIENT OF (A) THE PRODUCT OF THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY COUNT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH O OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MULTIPLIED BY FIFTY PERCENT, DIVIDED BY (B) PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT FOR THE BASE YEAR COMPUTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH N OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; (2) “LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESTORATION BASE” SHALL MEAN THE PRODUCT OF THE AMOUNT SET FORTH FOR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT AS “TOTAL” UNDER THE HEADING “2011-12 BASE YEAR AIDS” IN THE SCHOOL AID COMPUTER LISTING PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENACTED BUDGET FOR THE 2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR AND ENTITLED “SA121-3” MULTIPLIED BY ELEVEN HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT.

(E) THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION AMOUNT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN—TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER SHALL EQUAL THE PRODUCT OF THE GAP ELIMINATION PERCENTAGE FOR SUCH DISTRICT AND THE GAP ELIMINATION ADJUSTMENT RESTORATION ALLOCATION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF THIS SECTION.

Flooded and Closed Roads in New Jersey from Irene

Source: New Jersey State Police

Atlantic

• US 30 Eastbound, West of US 9, (MM51.5), Absecon City, all lanes closed and detoured - Police department activity
• US 322 Both Directions, West of CR 614/Cologne Av, (MM48.9), Hamilton Twp, 1 lane may be closed - Flooding
• US 322 Westbound, Leipzig Av, (MM49.8), Hamilton Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Flooding
• US 40 Eastbound, CR 608/Franklin Av, (MM59.7), Pleasantville, all lanes closed and detoured - Operational Activity

• US 46 Both Directions, Little Ferry Circle, (MM70.0), Little Ferry, - Flooding

• US 206 Northbound, South of CR 622/Tuckerton Rd, (MM12.3), Shamong Twp, 1 lane may be closed - Flooding

• US 30 Both Directions, CR 723/Fleming Pike, (MM26.6), Winslow Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Flooding

• US 9 Both Directions, Garden State Parkway, (MM23.7), Upper Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Downed tree

• NJ 77 Both Directions, North of CR 659/Bridgeton Av/Rosehayn Av, (MM2.0), Bridgeton, 1 lane may be closed - Flooding

• I-280 Eastbound, Exit 14E - King St, (MM13.8), Newark, exit ramp closed - Flooding
• US 22 Eastbound, Weequahic Park, (MM58.5), Newark, 1 to 2 lanes closed - Flooding

• NJ 45 Both Directions, Delaware St/Cooper Av, (MM25.9), Woodbury, all lanes closed and detoured - Fire department activity
• NJ 47 Both Directions, North of US 40/Delsea Dr, (MM53.2), Franklin Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Flooding
• US 40 Both Directions, East of NJ 47/Delsea Dr, (MM27.6), Franklin Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Flooding

• NJ 7 Both Directions, CR 507/Schuyler Av, (MM4.2), Kearny, all lanes closed and detoured - Flooding
• US 1&9/Tonnelle Avenue Both Directions, Secaucus Rd, (MM56.2), North Bergen Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Police department activity

• NJ 29 Both Directions, CR 546/Washington Crossing Rd, (MM12.0), Hopewell Twp, 1 lane may be closed - Flooding
• US 1 Northbound, Market St, (MM0.9), Trenton, ramp closed and detoured - Flooding

• NJ 27 Both Directions, CR 527/Easton Ave, (MM16.2), New Brunswick, all lanes closed and detoured - Flooding
• NJ 27 Southbound, North of NJ 18, (MM16.8), Highland Park, right lane closed - Flooding

• NJ 33 Both Directions, NJ 34, (MM34.7), Howell Twp, 1 lane may be closed - Flooding
• NJ 33 Both Directions, West of Garden State Parkway, (MM37.1), Tinton Falls, all lanes closed and detoured - Downed tree
• NJ 35 Both Directions, County Rd, (MM45.2), Aberdeen Twp, 1 to 2 lanes closed - Flooding
• NJ 35 Northbound, South of West Park Ave, (MM27.4), Ocean Twp, 1 lane may be closed - Flooding
• NJ 36 Southbound, Highlands Bridge/Shrewsbury River Bridge, (MM11.6), Sea Bright, all lanes closed and detoured - Police department activity
• US 9 Both Directions, Union Hill Rd, (MM120.0), Marlboro Twp, all lanes may be closed and detoured - Flooding

• NJ 35 Northbound, CR 10/Washington Ave, (MM13.2), Point Pleasant Beach, all lanes closed and detoured - Flooding
• NJ 72 Both Directions, CR 539/Whiting Rd, (MM13.7), Barnegat Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Downed tree

• I-80 Westbound, East of Exit 55 - NJ 62/Union Blvd, (MM56.0), Totowa, right lane closed - Downed tree
• I-80 Westbound, Exit 57 - NJ 19, (MM58.2), Paterson, partial ramp closed - Downed tree

• NJ 49 Both Directions, East of S Burden Hill Rd, (MM15.5), Quinton Twp, all lanes closed and detoured - Downed tree

• NJ 28 Eastbound, CR 617/Gordon St, (MM23.6), Roselle Park, 1 to 2 lanes closed - Flooding