S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5388
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 11, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO, ASHBY -- read once and referred to the
Committee 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
educational 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 NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
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 TWENTY--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE 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 TWENTY-ONE--TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-TWO 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 FORTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN APPROVED EXPENSE; BEGINNING IN THE
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE 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 THOU-
SAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR 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 TECH-
NICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD OF
COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT BEGINNING IN THE
TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY 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 COOPER-
ATIVE 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 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.