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                                  9183

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the amount
  of the salary paid to any  career  and  technical  education  teacher,
  supervisor  or other employee of a program of the board of cooperative
  education services that is considered to be an  approved  expense  for
  purposes of state allocation

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 1950 of the  educa-
tion law, as amended by section 80-a of part A of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  b.  The  cost of services herein referred to shall be the amount allo-
cated to each component school district  by  the  board  of  cooperative
educational  services to defray expenses of such board, except that that
part of the salary paid any teacher, supervisor or other employee of the
board of cooperative educational services which is in excess  of  thirty
thousand  dollars shall not be such an approved expense, and except also
that administrative and clerical expenses shall not exceed  ten  percent
of the total expenses for purposes of this computation.  PROVIDED HOWEV-
ER,  THAT  BEGINNING  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN-TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN
SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF THE SALARY PAD TO  ANY  CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL
EDUCATION  TEACHER,  SUPERVISOR  OR  OTHER  EMPLOYEE OF A PROGRAM OF THE
BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF  THIRTY-
SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN APPROVED EXPENSE; BEGINNING IN
THE  TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN-TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF
THE SALARY PAID TO ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER,  SUPERVI-
SOR  OR  OTHER  EMPLOYEE  OF A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT  BE  SUCH  AN
APPROVED  EXPENSE;  BEGINNING  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN-TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF THE SALARY PAID ANY CAREER AND TECH-
NICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF  THE  BOARD  OF
COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF FORTY-EIGHT THOU-
SAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN APPROVED EXPENSE; BEGINNING IN THE TWO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN-TWO  THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF THE
SALARY PAID ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION  TEACHER,  SUPERVISOR  OR
OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WHICH IS
IN  EXCESS  OF FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN APPROVED
EXPENSE AND PROVIDED FURTHER BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN-TWO
THOUSAND  NINETEEN  SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE ACTUAL SALARY OR THE
AVERAGE STATEWIDE SALARY AS ESTABLISHED BY THE  COMMISSIONER,  WHICHEVER
IS  LESS,  SHALL BE PAID FOR ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER,
SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES;  PROVIDED FURTHER THAT BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN-
-TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COST OF
SERVICES PROVIDED BY ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER,  SUPER-
VISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
THAT  IS CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE OF SUFFICIENT RIGOR TO MEET
NATIONAL STANDARDS SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF SUCH  SALARY  OR  THE
AVERAGE STATEWIDE SALARY, WHICHEVER IS LESS AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER.  Any gifts, donations or interest earned by the board of cooper-
ative educational services or on behalf  of  the  board  of  cooperative
educational  services  by  the  dormitory  authority or any other source
shall not be deducted in determining the cost of services  allocated  to
each  component school district. Any payments made to a component school
district by the board of cooperative educational  services  pursuant  to
subdivision eleven of section six-p of the general municipal law attrib-
utable to an approved cost of service computed pursuant to this subdivi-
sion  shall  be  deducted  from  the  cost of services allocated to such
component school district.  The expense of  transportation  provided  by
the board of cooperative educational services pursuant to paragraph q of
subdivision  four  of this section shall be eligible for aid apportioned
pursuant to subdivision seven of section thirty-six hundred two of  this
chapter  and no board of cooperative educational services transportation
expense shall be an approved cost of services for the computation of aid
under this subdivision. Transportation expense pursuant to  paragraph  q
of subdivision four of this section shall be included in the computation
of the ten percent limitation on administrative and clerical expenses.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.