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                                   4999
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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 chapter 296 of the laws of 2016, 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,  including
 approved  expenses from the testing of potable water systems of occupied
 school buildings under the board's jurisdiction as required pursuant  to
 section  eleven  hundred  ten of the public health law, 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 SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF THE SALARY PAID 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 EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART
 OF THE SALARY PAID TO ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SUPER-
 VISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 WHICH  IS  IN  EXCESS OF FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN
 APPROVED EXPENSE; BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF THE SALARY PAID ANY CAREER AND TECHNI-
 CAL  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
 THOUSAND TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE 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 TWENTY-ONE--
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER, THE ACTUAL SALARY OR
 THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE SALARY AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER,  WHICH-
 EVER  IS  LESS,  SHALL  BE  PAID  FOR ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
 TEACHER, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL SERVICES; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT BEGINNING  IN  THE  TWO  THOUSAND
 SEVENTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER,
 THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY  ANY  CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL  EDUCATION
 TEACHER, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL  SERVICES  THAT  IS CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE OF SUFFI-
 CIENT RIGOR TO MEET NATIONAL STANDARDS SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF
 SUCH SALARY OR THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE SALARY, WHICHEVER IS LESS AS DETER-
 MINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER. Any gifts, donations or interest earned by
 the board of cooperative 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 attributable to  an  approved  cost  of  service  computed
 pursuant to this subdivision shall be deducted from the cost of services
 allocated to such component school district.  The expense of transporta-
 tion  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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.