NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1369

Senate Bill S1369

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the salary of certain teachers providing instruction in career and technical education to school age students

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2019-S1369 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S1369

2019-S1369 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the salary of certain teachers employed by a board of cooperative educational services providing instruction in career and technical education to school age students.

2019-S1369 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1369

SPONSOR: RITCHIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to the salary of certain
teachers providing instruction in career and technical education to
school age students

 
PURPOSE:

To provide adequate funding at BOCES component school districts for
career and technical education teachers

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the education law relating to salaries for teachers
providing instruction in career and technical education to school age
students for the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021,
2021-2022 school years.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill improves resources and programming for career and technical
education to school age students. New York State provides aid to school
districts to help them pay for services that they purchase from BOCES,
including teachers for instruction in career and technical education.
There is, however, a cap on teacher salaries, which has not been
increased since 1991. Since then, New York has highlighted career and
technical education as a priority for preparing students for work and
college in the 21st century. This bill updates aid to match the state's
educational priorities in BOCES component school districts.

The expansion of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs is essen-
tial. For many students, CTE offers the most promising pathway to career
success. Funding and reimbursement structures, particularly BOCES and
Special Services Aids, needs improvement and expansion so that all
students may benefit from its programs. By facilitating broader invest-
ments and public-private partnerships in these areas, we can present an
integrated career and technical curriculum to students.

As stated, the current aid formula for BOCES CTE programs has not
changed since 1990. The state only provides aid for the first $30,000 of
a BOCES instructor's salary. This has the effect of reducing state
support for CTE programs and shifting the costs to local schools.  What
results is the underinvestment of high-quality programs that provide
students with the skills employers demand. According to SED, more than
90% of CTE students graduate with a Regents diploma, some with Advanced
Designation. By increasing the aidable salary for all CTE programs this
bill will significantly improve CTE services and programs to students.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: S.1469 Passed the Senate/A.7563A.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S1369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1369
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, CARLUCCI, FUNKE, HELMING, ORTT, SEPULVEDA
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the salary of  certain
   teachers  providing  instruction  in career and technical education to
   school age students

   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 FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING  INSTRUCTION  IN  CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION  TO  SCHOOL  AGE  STUDENTS, THE SALARY, TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN
 APPROVED EXPENSE, SHALL NOT EXCEED THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR  THE
 TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR; THIRTY-EIGHT
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE
 SCHOOL YEAR; FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE-
 -TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO SCHOOL YEAR; FORTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  SCHOOL YEAR; AND
 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03828-01-9

 S. 1369                             2
 
 TWENTY-FOUR  SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEREAFTER. Any gifts, donations or inter-
 est 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
 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. Transporta-
 tion 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.

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