Non-Allowable Pupil Decimal (NAPD) Information
Section 156.7 of the Commissioner's Regulations requires that school districts provide documentation of a new Non-Allowable Pupil Decimal at least once every three years, or if certain changes have occurred. Documentation should represent information regarding school bus routes and trips as of a single day of regularly scheduled school session during any of the following months: March, April, or May. Documentation is to be collected on a worksheet prescribed by the Education Department. Districts will report data from this worksheet on the State Aid SAMS forms released each year in July. *Please retain your completed NYSED prescribed NAPD Data Collection Worksheet for seven years for potential NYSED State Aid review, as defined in Section 305 (21)(c).
For the 2024-2025 School Year:
A list of districts has been posted that are required to collect new data for NYSED's NAPD calculation. Actual route data or routing software data for a single day of session in March, April, or May 2025 will be needed to complete the NAPD Data Collection Worksheet. Districts on this list, OR districts that had changes that make it necessary to file again this year (as cited here), are required to complete a new Worksheet. The data collected will be reported in the 2025-26 SAMS Claim Year. Please do not submit a paper/electronic copy of the NAPD Worksheet to the State Aid Office.
Special Act districts and districts with less than eight teachers need only file if Transportation Aid will be claimed in the 2025-26 SAMS Claim Year.
List of Districts Required to Submit NAPD for SAMS 2025-26 Claim Year (
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NAPD Data Collection Instructions( 111 KB)
NAPD Data Collection Worksheet (
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Note: Excel worksheet cannot be uploaded to SAMS. Data must be entered on SAMS NAPD Worksheets.
Additional Instructions for NAPD Reporting of Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) Students
Webpage Reviewed by MKM, March, 2025