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                                   3185
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  regional  secondary
   schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  given  the  current  fiscal  climate in this state, many
 school districts, particularly small, rural districts, are threatened by
 a decline in educational opportunities and programs for their students.
   School districts are seeking new  models  of  delivering  services  to
 students that are most cost-effective and efficient, in order to sustain
 or  enhance  the  quality of services to maintain or expand the scope of
 services offered to students.
   The legislature recognizes that many secondary schools  in  the  state
 are  experiencing financial limitations that may impair their ability to
 offer students the same range or quality of courses that other secondary
 schools may provide. In order to ensure that these districts continue to
 offer their students advanced course work, districts should be  afforded
 the opportunity to establish a regional secondary school.
   Under this new model of delivering services, districts will be able to
 streamline  programs and services, increase resources and increase their
 purchasing power through shared services. These resultant  cost  savings
 will  allow  money  to  flow  into educational programs and services for
 students which will, in turn, help to improve  student  performance  and
 meet college and career readiness.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 39-A to read
 as follows:
                               ARTICLE 39-A
                        REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS
 SECTION 1920.  DEFINITIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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         1921.   ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OPERATED BY
                 A BOARD OF EDUCATION.
         1922.   ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OPERATED BY
                 A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
         1923.  STATE AID FOR REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
         1924.  REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
   § 1920. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. THE TERM "REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN A SECONDARY  SCHOOL
 ESTABLISHED  BY  PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS  WITHIN  A  REGION OF NEW YORK
 STATE.
   2. THE TERM "SECONDARY SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN:
   A. A HIGH SCHOOL CONTAINING GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE;
   B. A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONTAINING GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT;
   C. A COMBINED JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONTAINING GRADES SIX  THROUGH
 TWELVE;
   D.  A  COMBINED  JUNIOR/SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL  CONTAINING  GRADES SEVEN
 THROUGH TWELVE; OR
   E. A  COMBINED  JUNIOR/SENIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL  CONTAINING  GRADES  EIGHT
 THROUGH TWELVE.
   3.  THE  TERM "REGION" SHALL MEAN THE COMBINED AREA OF ALL THE PARTIC-
 IPATING DISTRICTS THAT ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   4. THE TERM "PARTICIPATING DISTRICT" SHALL  MEAN  AN  ELIGIBLE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  WHOSE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH
 A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH  ONE  OR  MORE  OTHER  ELIGIBLE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS.
   5. THE TERM "ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN:
   A. A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
   B. A CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT,
   C. A UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND/OR
   D. A COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS ELIGIBLE TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   6.  THE  TERM "HOSTING DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICT
 WHICH HOSTS THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   7. THE TERM "REGIONAL REFERENDUM" SHALL MEAN A  REFERENDUM,  PRESENTED
 SIMULTANEOUSLY  ON  THE  BALLOT  OF ALL THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS, AND
 DETERMINED BY A MAJORITY VOTE  OF  THE  PARTICIPATING  ELECTORS  OF  THE
 REGION COLLECTIVELY.
   8. THE TERM "PROPOSED CONTRACT" SHALL MEAN THE CONTRACT ADOPTED BY ALL
 THE  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION OF THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS FOR THE ESTAB-
 LISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   9. THE TERM "GOVERNING BOARD OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY  SCHOOL"  SHALL
 MEAN  THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AS DESIGNATED
 BY THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.
   § 1921. ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY  SCHOOL  OPERATED  BY  A
 BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  1. A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL MAY BE ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   2. A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED  BY  TWO  OR  MORE
 ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
   3.  THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE SUBJECT
 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, IN A MANNER AND TIME FRAME, AS  SET
 FORTH WITHIN THIS SECTION.
   4. A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL:
   A.  SHALL  BE  WHOLLY  CONTAINED  WITHIN THE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT OF A
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, UNLESS:

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   (I) UPON APPLICATION OF THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  THE  COMMISSIONER  AGREES  TO  WAIVE  THIS
 REQUIREMENT; OR
   (II)  THE  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IS  A  CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, WHICH SUBJECT TO APPROVAL  OF  ITS  VOTERS,  ENTERED  INTO  AN
 AGREEMENT   WITH  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  OTHER  THAN  ITS  COMPONENT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS, THAT ARE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT  OF
 A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   B.  SHALL  NOT BE A COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, OR A SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  FOUR
 THOUSAND ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   5. A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL SERVE ALL OR SOME OF THE STUDENTS
 IN  EACH  OF THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS IN GRADES OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL
 AS DETERMINED BY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
   6. UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, EACH PARTIC-
 IPATING DISTRICT SHALL CEASE OPERATION OF AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL,
 EXCEPT THAT THE HOSTING DISTRICT MAY CONTINUE  TO  OPERATE  A  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL  AS  A  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL, PURSUANT TO THE CONDITIONS OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   7. PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  MAY  BE
 OPERATED BY:
   A.  ONE  OF  THE  PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS,  CONSTITUTING  THE HOSTING
 DISTRICT, WHICH SHALL ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY  TO  OPERATE,  SUPERVISE
 AND  MAINTAIN  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF
 SUCH REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL; OR
   B. A JOINT BOARD OF EDUCATION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   8. A. TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, TWO  OR  MORE  PARTIC-
 IPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS MUST INITIALLY ADOPT, BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE
 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH PARTICIPATING DISTRICT, A RESOLUTION  PROPOS-
 ING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   B. THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL INDI-
 CATE:
   (I) THE PROPOSED PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS;
   (II)  WHETHER  THE  SCHOOL  WOULD  BE  GOVERNED  BY A PROPOSED HOSTING
 DISTRICT OR A JOINT BOARD OF EDUCATION;
   (III) A LISTING OF THE GRADES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN  THE  REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL;
   (IV) THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL;
   (V) THE PROPOSED TERM OF THE CONTRACT GOVERNING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL.
   C. THE RESOLUTION TO  ESTABLISH THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE
 VOTED  ON BY EACH BOARD AT A MEETING HELD NO LATER THAN OCTOBER FIRST OF
 THE SCHOOL YEAR PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL IS PROPOSED TO COMMENCE OPERATION.
   9. A. IF TWO OR MORE SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  ADOPT  SUCH  A  RESOLUTION  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION, THE RESOLUTION SHALL BE
 PRESENTED IN A REGIONAL REFERENDUM BY MEANS OF A REGIONAL  VOTE,  BEFORE
 THE ELECTORS OF ALL OF THE PROPOSED PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
   B.  APPROVAL  OF THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM SHALL BE UPON A MAJORITY VOTE
 OF THE PARTICIPATING ELECTORS IN THE  REGION  ENCOMPASSING  ALL  OF  THE
 PROPOSED PARTICIPATION DISTRICTS.
   C.  IN THE EVENT THE VOTERS DO NOT APPROVE THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM, IT
 MAY BE PRESENTED FOR A RE-VOTE, BUT IN NO EVENT ANY MORE THAN TWO  VOTES
 BE HELD IN ANY SCHOOL YEAR.
   10.  UPON  THE  APPROVAL  OF  THE  VOTERS  IN THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM,
 PRESENTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF THIS SECTION, THE  PARTICIPAT-

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 ING  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS SHALL COLLECTIVELY ENTER INTO A PROPOSED CONTRACT
 FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   11.  WITH THE CONSENT OF EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING BOARDS OF EDUCATION
 AND APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, ADDITIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OTHERWISE
 ELIGIBLE TO ESTABLISH  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  MAY  JOIN  THE
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL IN THE SECOND OR A SUBSEQUENT YEAR OF OPERA-
 TION, BY ADOPTING A BOARD RESOLUTION AND OBTAINING VOTER APPROVAL UPON A
 MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS OF SUCH ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
   12. A. UPON RECEIPT OF VOTER APPROVAL IN THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM  HELD
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION NINE OF THIS SECTION, THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS SHALL ADOPT, BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION  OF
 EACH  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERA-
 TION OF THE  REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   B. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE THE PLAN OF FORMATION AND OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY  SCHOOL  AND SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR HIS OR
 HER APPROVAL, IN A TIME AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   C.  THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL SHALL BE AN INTER-MUNICIPAL SHARING AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FIVE-G  OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW THAT COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THIS SECTION.
   13. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL,  AND  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED
 THEREUNDER, SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   A. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT  SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  NAME  OF  THE  REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHICH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S APPROVAL.
   B.  THE  TERM OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL BE SPECIFIED THEREIN, AND
 SHALL BE FOR A TERM NOT LESS THAN FIVE NOR MORE THAN SEVEN SCHOOL YEARS.
   C. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL ESTABLISH  A  GOVERNING  BOARD  OF  THE
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  THAT  WILL  OPERATE THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL ON BEHALF OF ALL PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS, AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  SHALL  BE
 DESIGNATED  BY THE PROPOSED CONTRACT TO BE EITHER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
 OF THE HOSTING DISTRICT, OR A JOINT BOARD OF  EDUCATION  ESTABLISHED  BY
 THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
   (II)  IN  THE  EVENT THE PROPOSED CONTRACT DESIGNATES A JOINT BOARD OF
 EDUCATION AS THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL:
   (1) SUCH JOINT BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS, WITH  NOT
 LESS THAN ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH PARTIC-
 IPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  AND WITH ANY REMAINING MEMBERS BEING JOINTLY
 APPOINTED BY  THE  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION  OF  THE  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS COLLECTIVELY;
   (2)  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT,  CONSISTENT  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION, SHALL SPECIFY THE NUMBER, TERM, AND PROCEDURES FOR  APPOINTMENT
 OF THE JOINT BOARD MEMBERS; AND
   (3) THE JOINT BOARD SHALL HAVE THE SAME POWERS AND DUTIES WITH RESPECT
 TO THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AS A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A UNION FREE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  HAS  WITH  RESPECT  TO ITS SCHOOLS UNDER THIS CHAPTER,
 EXCEPT AS MODIFIED BY THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.
   (III) THE GOVERNING BOARD SHALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATION,
 SUPERVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL  AND  SHALL
 BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING THE
 CURRICULUM, GRADING, STAFFING AND  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  DIPLOMAS  FOR  ALL
 STUDENTS  THAT  ATTEND THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, AS SHALL BE DESIG-
 NATED IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.

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   (IV) THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE DEEMED  A  SCHOOL  OF  THE
 GOVERNING BOARD FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES.
   D.  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  MAY  PROVIDE  THAT  THE  STUDENT'S SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE MAY ISSUE  THE  STUDENT'S  DIPLOMA,  UPON  CERTIF-
 ICATION  BY  THE GOVERNING BOARD THAT ALL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN MET.
   E. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL DESIGNATE  THE  GRADES  OF  INSTRUCTION
 INTENDED TO BE SERVED BY THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   F.  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  SHALL  DESIGNATE THE SITE OF THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHICH SHALL BE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES  OF  ONE  OF  THE
 PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS, AND WHERE POSSIBLE, SHOULD USE EXISTING BUILD-
 INGS AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE.
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 PROPOSED  CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE THAT EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT
 SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OR ARRANGING  FOR  TRANSPORTATION  TO
 ITS RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH ITS SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY MAXIMUM
 MILEAGE LIMITATION.
   H. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT MAY PROVIDE THAT STUDENT  TRANSPORTATION  MAY
 BE  PROVIDED  BY CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO A CONTRACT WITH ONE OR  MORE  PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS  OR  A
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   I. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY:
   (I)  THAT  THE  STUDENTS  OF  EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 REMAIN ENROLLED AS STUDENTS OF  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS;
   (II)  THAT  THE  STUDENTS  SHALL BE TREATED AND COUNTED AS STUDENTS OF
 THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ALL
 STATE AID CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER;
   (III)  THE  CURRENT  ENROLLMENT OF ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS;
 AND
   (IV) THE PROJECTED TOTAL ENROLLMENT NUMBERS OF THE REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL;
   J.  THE  PROPOSED CONTRACT MUST DEMONSTRATE HOW THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE INCREASED EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  STUDENTS,
 INCLUDING  COURSES  AND PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND
 MATH, TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS  AND  IMPROVE
 STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
   K.  THAT  EMPLOYMENT  ISSUES OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE
 RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) THAT ALL TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND TEACHER  AIDES  OF  THE
 PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  WHOSE  SERVICES  IN THE PARTICIPATING
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  A
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  OR THE TRANSFER OF STUDENTS TO AN EXISTING
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, OR AS A RESULT OF A NEW PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT JOINING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHALL IMMEDIATELY BECOME
 EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  GOVERNING BOARD DESIGNATED IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT,
 AND SHALL RETAIN THEIR TENURE AND/OR EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND THE SENIORITY
 GAINED IN THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICT.
   (II) THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THE NUMBER OF TEACHING, TEACHING ASSISTANT
 OR TEACHER AIDE POSITIONS NEEDED TO  PROVIDE  THE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
 REQUIRED  BY  A  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF
 TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS, AND TEACHER AIDES ELIGIBLE TO BE  CONSID-
 ERED  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  DESIGNATED  GOVERNING  BOARD  OF SUCH REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE SERVICES OF THE TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS  AND
 TEACHER  AIDES  HAVING  THE  LEAST SENIORITY IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL

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 DISTRICT WITHIN THE TENURE AREA OR CIVIL SERVICE STATUS, AS THE CASE MAY
 BE, OF THE POSITION SHALL BE DISCONTINUED.
   (III) THAT ANY SUCH EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS OR
 TEACHER AIDES SHALL BE PLACED ON A PREFERRED ELIGIBLE LIST OF CANDIDATES
 FOR  APPOINTMENT  TO A VACANCY THAT MAY THEREAFTER OCCUR IN AN OFFICE OR
 POSITION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED TEN OR
 THREE THOUSAND THIRTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (IV) THAT FOR ANY SUCH TEACHER, TEACHING ASSISTANT OR TEACHER AIDE WHO
 IS RETAINED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD, FOR SALARY, SICK LEAVE AND ANY OTHER
 PURPOSES, THE LENGTH OF SERVICE CREDITED IN  SUCH  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  PRIOR  TO  ITS  PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
 SHALL BE CREDITED AS  EMPLOYMENT  TIME  WITH  THE  DESIGNATED  GOVERNING
 BOARD.
   (V)  THAT  UPON  TERMINATION OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION AND THE RETURN OF STUDENTS FROM THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL TO
 THE FORMER PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSIST-
 ANTS AND TEACHER AIDES EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD TO SERVE  IN  THE
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL SHALL HAVE THE SAME EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS IN THE
 PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS TEACHERS WOULD HAVE UPON TAKEOVER OF A
 BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  PROGRAM  BY  SUCH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOURTEEN-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (VI)  THAT  ALL  SCHOOL  PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, SUPERVISORY
 EMPLOYEES, AND NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES OF THE  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS,  WHOSE  SERVICES IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NO
 LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE OF  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL,  OR  THE  TRANSFER OF STUDENTS TO AN EXISTING REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL, OR AS A RESULT OF A NEW PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  JOINING
 THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHALL IMMEDIATELY BECOME EMPLOYEES OF THE
 GOVERNING  BOARD  DESIGNATED  IN  THE  PROPOSED CONTRACT, AND SHALL HAVE
 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS IDENTICAL TO TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS OR  TEACHER
 AIDES  PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION AND THE EXISTING RELEVANT SECTIONS OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   L. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT  OF
 THE BUDGET FOR THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL BY THE DESIGNATED GOVERNING
 BOARD  AND HOW OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND THE LOCAL SHARE OF
 CAPITAL EXPENSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL  WILL  BE
 ALLOCATED AMONGST THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
   M.    THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  SHALL SPECIFY THE COSTS OF THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, STAFFING,  CURRENT  AND  FUTURE  CAPITAL  CONSTRUCTION
 PLANS AND FOR THE DELIVERY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
   N.  THE  PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE PROCEDURES FOR DISCIPLINE
 OF STUDENTS ATTENDING  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  INCLUDING  THE
 APPLICABLE  CODE OF CONDUCT PROVIDED THAT SUCH CODE OF CONDUCT MEETS THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND
 PROCEDURES  FOR  SUPERINTENDENTS'  HEARINGS  AND APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS  CHAP-
 TER.
   O.  THE  PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE COSTS OF THE OPERATION OF
 THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
 AN ITEMIZED LISTING OF THE COST SAVINGS FOR  EACH  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.
   P. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY HOW EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
 AND  INTERSCHOLASTIC  ATHLETICS  WILL  BE  PROVIDED  TO  STUDENTS OF THE
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.

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   Q. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF  THE
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  INCLUDING  EXPECTED  STATE AID AND EXPECTED
 CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES AND PROPERTY TAX LEVIES.
   R.  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY WHETHER THE EMPLOYEES OF THE
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL ESTABLISH  NEW  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATIONS,
 PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, FOR THEIR REPRE-
 SENTATION, OR, WHERE APPLICABLE, WHETHER THEY SHALL  BECOME  MEMBERS  OF
 THE  APPLICABLE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THE EMPLOYEES OF THE
 HOSTING DISTRICT.
   S. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SET  FORTH  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  OR
 ANALYSIS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   14.  IF  THE COMMISSIONER APPROVES THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. THE CONTRACT, SO APPROVED,  SHALL
 BE  FOR  A  PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE AND NOT MORE THAN SEVEN SCHOOL YEARS
 AND, UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, MAY BE RENEWED  PURSUANT  TO
 MUTUAL  AGREEMENT  BY  MEANS OF A MAJORITY VOTE OF EACH OF THE BOARDS OF
 EDUCATION OF THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS. THE REGIONAL SECONDARY  SCHOOL
 SHALL  COMMENCE  OPERATIONS  ON  THE  FIRST OF JULY, AND SHALL NOT CEASE
 OPERATIONS BEFORE THE THIRTIETH OF JUNE IN ANY SCHOOL YEAR.
   § 1922. ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY  SCHOOL  OPERATED  BY  A
 BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES.  1.  A REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL MAY BE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   2. A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED  BY  TWO  OR  MORE
 ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
   3.  THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE SUBJECT
 TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, IN A MANNER AND TIME FRAME, AS  SET
 FORTH WITHIN THIS SECTION.
   4.  A  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE
 SUPERVISORY DISTRICT OF THE BOARD OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
 OPERATING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   5. A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL SERVE ALL OR SOME OF THE STUDENTS
 IN  EACH  OF THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS IN GRADES OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL
 AS DETERMINED BY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
   6. UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, EACH PARTIC-
 IPATING DISTRICT SHALL CEASE OPERATION OF AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL,
 EXCEPT THAT THE HOSTING DISTRICT MAY CONTINUE  TO  OPERATE  A  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL  AS  A  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL, PURSUANT TO THE CONDITIONS OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   7. PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OPERATED BY
 A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, SHALL HAVE  SUCH  BOARD  OF
 COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OPERATE,
 SUPERVISE AND MAINTAIN THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL  AND  THE  ADMINIS-
 TRATION OF SUCH REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   8.  A.  TO  ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, TWO OR MORE PARTIC-
 IPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST INITIALLY ADOPT, BY MAJORITY VOTE  OF  THE
 BOARD  OF EDUCATION OF EACH PARTICIPATING DISTRICT, A RESOLUTION PROPOS-
 ING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   B. THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL INDI-
 CATE:
   (I) THE PROPOSED PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS;
   (II) THAT THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE OPERATED BY  A  BOARD
 OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES;
   (III)  A  LISTING OF THE GRADES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL;
   (IV) THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL;

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   (V) THE PROPOSED TERM OF THE CONTRACT GOVERNING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL.
   C.  THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE
 VOTED ON BY EACH BOARD AT A MEETING HELD NO LATER THAN OCTOBER FIRST  OF
 THE SCHOOL YEAR PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL IS PROPOSED TO COMMENCE OPERATION.
   9.  A.  IF  TWO  OR  MORE  SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADOPT SUCH A RESOLUTION AS
 PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION, THE RESOLUTION  SHALL  BE
 PRESENTED  IN  A REGIONAL REFERENDUM BY MEANS OF A REGIONAL VOTE, BEFORE
 THE ELECTORS OF ALL OF THE PROPOSED PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
   B. APPROVAL OF THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM SHALL BE UPON A  MAJORITY  VOTE
 OF  THE  PARTICIPATING  ELECTORS  IN  THE REGION ENCOMPASSING ALL OF THE
 PROPOSED PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS.
   C. IN THE EVENT THE VOTERS DO NOT APPROVE THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM,  IT
 MAY  BE PRESENTED FOR A RE-VOTE, BUT IN NO EVENT MAY MORE THAN TWO VOTES
 BE HELD IN ANY SCHOOL YEAR.
   10. UPON THE APPROVAL  OF  THE  VOTERS  IN  THE  REGIONAL  REFERENDUM,
 PRESENTED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF THIS SECTION, THE PARTICIPAT-
 ING SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL COLLECTIVELY ENTER INTO A  PROPOSED  CONTRACT
 FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   11. WITH THE CONSENT OF EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING BOARDS OF EDUCATION,
 AND THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OPERATING THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY  SCHOOL, AND UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, ADDITIONAL
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO ESTABLISH THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL OPERATED BY A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, MAY JOIN
 THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE SECOND  OR  A  SUBSEQUENT  YEAR  OF
 OPERATION,  BY  ADOPTING A BOARD RESOLUTION AND OBTAINING VOTER APPROVAL
 UPON A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS OF SUCH ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
   12. A. UPON RECEIPT OF VOTER APPROVAL IN THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM  HELD
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION NINE OF THIS SECTION, THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS SHALL ADOPT, BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION  OF
 EACH  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERA-
 TION OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   B. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE THE PLAN OF FORMATION AND OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY  SCHOOL  AND SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR HIS OR
 HER APPROVAL, IN A TIME AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   C. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL SHALL BE AN INTER-MUNICIPAL SHARING AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FIVE-G  OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW THAT COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THIS SECTION.
   13. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL,  AND  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED
 THEREUNDER, SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   A. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT  SHALL  PROVIDE  THE  NAME  OF  THE  REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHICH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S APPROVAL;
   B.  THE  TERM OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL BE SPECIFIED THEREIN, AND
 SHALL BE FOR A TERM NOT LESS THAN FIVE NOR MORE THAN SEVEN SCHOOL YEARS;
   C. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL ESTABLISH:
   (I) THAT THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS THE  GOVERN-
 ING  BOARD  OF  THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, WILL OPERATE THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL ON BEHALF OF ALL PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS;
   (II) THAT THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS THE GOVERN-
 ING BOARD OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL,  SHALL  HAVE  RESPONSIBILITY
 FOR THE OPERATION, SUPERVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL  AND  SHALL  BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL,

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 INCLUDING THE CURRICULUM, GRADING, STAFFING AND THE ISSUANCE OF DIPLOMAS
 FOR ALL STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, AS SHALL  BE
 DESIGNATED IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT; AND
   (III)  THAT  THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES AS THE
 GOVERNING BOARD OF THE REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  A
 SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES.
   D.  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  MAY  PROVIDE  THAT  THE  STUDENT'S SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE MAY ISSUE  THE  STUDENT'S  DIPLOMA,  UPON  CERTIF-
 ICATION  BY  THE GOVERNING BOARD THAT ALL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN MET;
   E. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL DESIGNATE  THE  GRADES  OF  INSTRUCTION
 INTENDED TO BE SERVED BY THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL;
   F.  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  SHALL  DESIGNATE THE SITE OF THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHICH SHALL BE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES  OF  ONE  OF  THE
 PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS, AND WHERE POSSIBLE, SHOULD USE EXISTING BUILD-
 INGS AND/OR INFRASTRUCTURE;
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 PROPOSED  CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE THAT EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT
 SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OR ARRANGING  FOR  TRANSPORTATION  TO
 ITS RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ACCORD-
 ANCE  WITH ITS SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY MAXIMUM
 MILEAGE LIMITATION;
   H. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT MAY PROVIDE THAT STUDENT  TRANSPORTATION  MAY
 BE  PROVIDED  BY CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO A CONTRACT WITH ONE OR  MORE  PARTICIPATING  DISTRICTS  OR  A
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES;
   I. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY:
   (I)  THAT  THE  STUDENTS  OF  EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 REMAIN ENROLLED AS STUDENTS OF  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS;
   (II)  THAT  THE  STUDENTS  SHALL BE TREATED AND COUNTED AS STUDENTS OF
 THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ALL
 STATE AID CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER;
   (III)  THE  CURRENT  ENROLLMENT OF ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS;
 AND
   (IV) THE PROJECTED TOTAL ENROLLMENT NUMBERS OF THE REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL;
   J.  THE  PROPOSED CONTRACT MUST DEMONSTRATE HOW THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE INCREASED EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  STUDENTS,
 INCLUDING  COURSES  AND PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND
 MATH, TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS  AND  IMPROVE
 STUDENT PERFORMANCE;
   K.  THAT  EMPLOYMENT  ISSUES OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE
 RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) THAT ALL TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND TEACHER  AIDES  OF  THE
 PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  WHOSE  SERVICES  IN THE PARTICIPATING
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  A
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  OR THE TRANSFER OF STUDENTS TO AN EXISTING
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, OR AS A RESULT OF A NEW PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT JOINING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHALL IMMEDIATELY BECOME
 EMPLOYEES OF THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES DESIGNATED IN
 THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT, AND SHALL RETAIN THEIR TENURE AND/OR EMPLOYMENT
 STATUS AND THE SENIORITY GAINED IN THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICT;
   (II) THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THE NUMBER OF TEACHING, TEACHING ASSISTANT
 OR TEACHER AIDE POSITIONS NEEDED TO  PROVIDE  THE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
 REQUIRED  BY  A  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF

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 TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND TEACHER AIDES ELIGIBLE TO  BE  CONSID-
 ERED  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  DESIGNATED  GOVERNING  BOARD  OF SUCH REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE SERVICES OF THE TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS  AND
 TEACHER  AIDES  HAVING  THE  LEAST SENIORITY IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL
 DISTRICT WITHIN THE TENURE AREA OR CIVIL SERVICE STATUS, AS THE CASE MAY
 BE, OF THE POSITION SHALL BE DISCONTINUED;
   (III) THAT ANY SUCH EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS OR
 TEACHER AIDES SHALL BE PLACED ON A PREFERRED ELIGIBLE LIST OF CANDIDATES
 FOR APPOINTMENT TO A VACANCY THAT MAY THEREAFTER OCCUR IN AN  OFFICE  OR
 POSITION  UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN  OR
 THREE THOUSAND THIRTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (IV) THAT FOR ANY SUCH TEACHER, TEACHING ASSISTANT OR TEACHER AIDE WHO
 IS RETAINED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD, FOR SALARY, SICK LEAVE AND ANY OTHER
 PURPOSES,  THE  LENGTH  OF SERVICE CREDITED IN SUCH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL
 DISTRICT PRIOR TO ITS PARTICIPATION IN  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL
 SHALL  BE  CREDITED  AS  EMPLOYMENT  TIME  WITH THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES;
   (V) THAT UPON TERMINATION OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION AND THE RETURN OF STUDENTS FROM THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL TO
 THE FORMER PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TEACHERS, TEACHING ASSIST-
 ANTS, AND TEACHER AIDES EMPLOYED BY THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES  TO  SERVE IN THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL HAVE THE SAME
 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS IN THE  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  AS  TEACHERS
 WOULD  HAVE UPON TAKEOVER OF A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
 PROGRAM BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND
 FOURTEEN-B OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (VI)  THAT  ALL  SCHOOL  PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, SUPERVISORY
 EMPLOYEES, AND NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES OF THE  PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS,  WHOSE  SERVICES IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NO
 LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE OF  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL,  OR  THE  TRANSFER OF STUDENTS IN AN EXISTING REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL, OR AS A RESULT OF A NEW PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  JOINING
 THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHALL IMMEDIATELY BECOME EMPLOYEES OF THE
 BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES DESIGNATED IN THE PROPOSED
 CONTRACT, AND SHALL HAVE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS IDENTICAL TO TEACHERS, TEACH-
 ING ASSISTANTS OR TEACHER AIDES PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION AND THE  EXIST-
 ING RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
   L.  THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
 THE BUDGET FOR THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL BY THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND HOW OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND  THE
 LOCAL  SHARE  OF CAPITAL EXPENSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL WILL BE ALLOCATED AMONGST THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS;
   M. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL  SPECIFY  THE  COSTS  OF  THE  REGIONAL
 SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  STAFFING,  CURRENT  AND  FUTURE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
 PLANS AND FOR THE DELIVERY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS;
   N. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE PROCEDURES  FOR  DISCIPLINE
 OF  STUDENTS  ATTENDING  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL, INCLUDING THE
 APPLICABLE CODE OF CONDUCT PROVIDED THAT SUCH CODE OF CONDUCT MEETS  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 PROCEDURES FOR SUPERINTENDENTS' HEARINGS AND APPEALS  TO  THE  BOARD  OF
 EDUCATION  PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAP-
 TER;
   O. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE COSTS OF THE  OPERATION  OF
 THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND

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 AN  ITEMIZED  LISTING  OF THE COST SAVINGS FOR EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL
 DISTRICT;
   P.  THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY HOW EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
 AND INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS  WILL  BE  PROVIDED  TO  STUDENTS  OF  THE
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL;
   Q.  THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL INCLUDING  EXPECTED  STATE  AID  AND  EXPECTED
 CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES AND PROPERTY TAX LEVIES;
   R.  THE  PROPOSED  CONTRACT SHALL SPECIFY WHETHER THE EMPLOYEES OF THE
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL ESTABLISH  NEW  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATIONS,
 PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, FOR THEIR REPRE-
 SENTATION, OR, WHERE APPLICABLE, WHETHER THEY SHALL  BECOME  MEMBERS  OF
 THE  APPLICABLE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THE EMPLOYEES OF THE
 HOSTING DISTRICT; AND
   S. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL SET  FORTH  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  OR
 ANALYSIS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   14.  IF  THE COMMISSIONER APPROVES THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. THE CONTRACT, SO APPROVED,  SHALL
 BE  FOR  A  PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE AND NOT MORE THAN SEVEN SCHOOL YEARS
 AND, UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, MAY BE RENEWED  PURSUANT  TO
 MUTUAL  AGREEMENT  BY  MEANS OF A MAJORITY VOTE OF EACH OF THE BOARDS OF
 EDUCATION OF THE PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS AND THE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT OF
 THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY
 SCHOOL  SHALL  COMMENCE  OPERATIONS  ON THE FIRST OF JULY, AND SHALL NOT
 CEASE OPERATIONS BEFORE THE THIRTIETH OF JUNE IN ANY SCHOOL YEAR.
   § 1923. STATE AID FOR REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 1. STUDENTS  ATTEND-
 ING A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE DEEMED ENROLLED IN THEIR SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  OF  RESIDENCE  AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICABLE MEMBER-
 SHIP, ENROLLMENT  AND  ATTENDANCE  COUNTS  OF  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS  OF RESIDENCE FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTATION OF STATE AID TO SUCH
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE COSTS OF EDUCATING  EACH  SUCH  STUDENT  SHALL  BE
 INCLUDED  IN  THE  APPROVED  OPERATING  EXPENSE  OF THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS  SECTION,
 THE STATE AID ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH STUDENT SHALL BE COMPUTED IN THE SAME
 MANNER AS AID ATTRIBUTABLE TO OTHER RESIDENT STUDENTS AND SHALL BE PAYA-
 BLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT OWNS  THE  FACILITY  USED  TO  HOUSE  THE  REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT ELIGIBLE FOR BUILDING
 AID  PURSUANT  TO  THE  APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SIX, SIX-A,
 SIX-C, SIX-E OR SIX-F OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS  CHAPTER
 FOR  PROJECTS  INVOLVING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT ARE APPROVED
 BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SUCH  DISTRICT  AFTER  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  THE
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH AID SHALL BE COMPUTED
 USING THE BUILDING AID  RATIO  APPLICABLE  TO  PROJECTS  OF  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  THAT  OWNS  THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL FACILITY UNDER THE
 PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS B AND C OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF  SECTION  THIRTY-
 SIX  HUNDRED  TWO OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH AID SHALL BE PAID TO SUCH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OR TO THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES  ON  BEHALF
 OF  SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  WHERE  THE  BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES OPERATES THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT  OR
 BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL ALLOCATE THE LOCAL SHARE
 OF  THE  COSTS OF SUCH PROJECTS TO THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH ITS CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO  SECTION  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE  OR NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. THE
 COSTS OF SUCH PROJECTS SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AID PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-

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 VISION  SIX-B  OR PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-
 SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OR
 NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE TO THE CONTRARY, IN THE CASE OF
 A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL OPERATED BY A BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL  SERVICES  THAT  IS HOUSED IN A FACILITY OWNED BY A PARTICIPATING
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CAPITAL EXPENSES FOR  BUILDING  PROJECTS  INVOLVING
 THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE A CHARGE UPON THE PARTICIPATING
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ONLY, AND SUCH COSTS SHALL NOT BE  ALLOCATED  TO  OTHER
 COMPONENT  SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SUCH CAPITAL EXPENSES SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE
 FOR AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY
 OF  THIS TITLE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT COSTS OF AIDABLE SHARED SERVICES
 PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO  SUPPLEMENT
 THE  PROGRAMS OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AID
 PURSUANT TO SUCH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY, THE
 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL
 AND  THE  CAPITAL  EXPENSES  ATTRIBUTABLE TO A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
 HOUSED IN A FACILITY OWNED  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES  SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY OR  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE  OF
 THIS  TITLE  AND  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AID PURSUANT TO SUCH SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY.
   4. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATING  IN  A
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
 ADDITIONAL STATE AID IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH K OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-
 TEEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 1924. REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 1. EACH REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL ESTABLISHED AND OPERATED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL
 ESTABLISH  AN  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE.  THE  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  SHALL  BE
 COMPOSED OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH  PARTICIPAT-
 ING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  THE  PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH
 SUPERVISORY BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, WHERE APPLICABLE,
 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EACH PARTICIPATING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AND  THE
 SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT IN WHICH THE REGIONAL SECOND-
 ARY  SCHOOL  IS  LOCATED. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT
 SHALL BE THE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
   2. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL CONVENE, AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIR, NOT
 LESS THAN FOUR TIMES DURING EACH SCHOOL YEAR DURING WHICH  THE  REGIONAL
 SECONDARY  SCHOOL OPERATES. DURING SUCH MEETINGS, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
 SHALL REVIEW THE OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  AND  MAKE
 RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  THE  HOSTING  DISTRICT  OR THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF
 COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AS THE CASE MAY BE, ON  THE  CONTINUED
 OPERATION OF SUCH SECONDARY SCHOOL.
   §  3. Subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph pp to read as follows:
   PP. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE-A OF THIS TITLE, A BOARD OF  COOP-
 ERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  MAY  ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TWO OR
 MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ELIGIBLE  TO  ENTER  INTO  SUCH  AN  AGREEMENT  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE, WHICH
 MAY  INCLUDE  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS, CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CENTRAL
 HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND/OR COMMON SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS WHICH ARE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE SUPERVISORY DISTRICT  OF
 THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  TO  FORM A REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL TO BE OPERATED BY THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
 SERVICES.  THE  BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE
 SAME POWERS AND DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO SUCH REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AS

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 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS WITH  RESPECT
 TO  ITS  SCHOOLS,  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE TERMS OF ITS AGREEMENT WITH THE
 PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
   § 4. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is  amended  by  adding three new subparagraphs 14, 15 and 16 to read as
 follows:
   (14) TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT TO  OPERATE  A
 REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOL AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   (15) TO DEVELOP CORE CURRICULUM  FOR  STUDENTS  ATTENDING  A  REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION NINE-
 TEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE.
   (16)  TO  ISSUE REGENTS AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS TO STUDENTS WHO
 GRADUATE FROM A REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE, UNDER
 THE SAME CONDITIONS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 5. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 8 to read as follows:
   (8) FOR REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 NINETEEN  HUNDRED  TWENTY-TWO  OF  THIS  TITLE, THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL PREPARE AND PROPOSE  A  TENTATIVE  BUDGET  OF
 EXPENDITURES  FOR  PROGRAM,  ADMINISTRATIVE AND CAPITAL COSTS TO OPERATE
 THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE ENSUING SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH  PROPOSED
 BUDGET SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH PARTICIPATING
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, BY THE DATE PROVIDED
 IN THE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETEEN  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-TWO. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICT
 SHALL  BE  AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED
 BUDGET PRIOR TO ITS FINAL ADOPTION BY THE BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL SERVICES.
   § 6. Subdivision 14 of section 3602 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
   K.  TRANSITION  INCENTIVE  AID  FOR  REGIONAL  SECONDARY  SCHOOLS. (1)
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS A THROUGH G OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  FOR  AID  PAYABLE  IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL  YEAR  OR  THEREAFTER,  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  THAT  ARE
 PARTIES  TO  AN  AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE-A OF THIS CHAPTER ENTERED INTO ON
 OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND  PARTICIPATED  IN  SUCH
 REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE BASE YEAR SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSI-
 TION  INCENTIVE AID PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH PROVIDED THAT THE FOLLOW-
 ING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
   (I) THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL  AGREEMENT  INCLUDES  AT  LEAST  TWO
 SCHOOL  DISTRICTS, EACH OF WHICH PREVIOUSLY MAINTAINED ITS OWN SECONDARY
 SCHOOLS, AND HAS CEASED DISTRICT OPERATION OF AT LEAST ONE  HIGH  SCHOOL
 OR  JUNIOR  HIGH  SCHOOL  FOLLOWING  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF THE REGIONAL
 SECONDARY SCHOOL, OR
   (II) THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AGREEMENT  INCLUDES  AT  LEAST  ONE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  WHICH  PREVIOUSLY  MAINTAINED  ITS  OWN HIGH SCHOOL OR
 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND DOES NOT MAINTAIN ITS OWN HIGH SCHOOL OR  JUNIOR
 HIGH  SCHOOL  FOLLOWING  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  THE  REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL, AND IN ADDITION THERETO, INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL
 DISTRICT EMPLOYING EIGHT OR MORE TEACHERS THAT DO NOT MAINTAIN THEIR OWN
 HIGH SCHOOL OR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL;
   (2) IN EACH OF THE FIRST THIRTEEN YEARS IN WHICH A SCHOOL DISTRICT  IS
 PARTY  TO  SUCH  AGREEMENT, SUCH DISTRICT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN APPOR-

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 TIONMENT EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF (I) THIRTY PERCENT OF THE APPORTIONMENT
 COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  D-1  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  MULTIPLIED  BY  (II)  THE QUOTIENT OF THE NUMBER OF PUPILS
 WITHIN  SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTENDING THE REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN
 THE BASE YEAR DIVIDED BY THE RESIDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT  ENROLLMENT
 OF  SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE GRADES OF THE NEW REGIONAL SECONDARY
 SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH DISTRICTS SHALL BE  ELIGI-
 BLE  TO  RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT EQUAL TO THE PRODUCT OF (I)
 TEN PERCENT  OF  THE  APPORTIONMENT  COMPUTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH D-1 OF THIS SUBDIVISION MULTIPLIED BY (II) THE
 QUOTIENT OF THE NUMBER OF PUPILS WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ATTENDING
 THE  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE BASE YEAR DIVIDED BY THE RESIDENT
 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT OF SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  WITHIN  THE
 GRADES  OF  THE  NEW  REGIONAL  SECONDARY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS UPON MEETING
 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GOALS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH A METHODOLOGY PRESCRIBED IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION-
 ER. IN NO CASE SHALL THE SUM OF SUCH APPORTIONMENTS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH
 PLUS THE SELECTED OPERATING AID PER PUPIL BE MORE THAN A TOTAL OF  NINE-
 TY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE BASE YEAR APPROVED OPERATING
 EXPENSE.  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  WHICH  RECEIVE  AN APPORTIONMENT UNDER THIS
 PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPORTIONMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH  C,
 F OR J OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (3)  THE  APPORTIONMENT  THAT  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
 RECEIVE PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE REDUCED,
 AFTER THE THIRD YEAR IT HAS RECEIVED SUCH APPORTIONMENTS, BY THE  AMOUNT
 OF TEN PERCENT FOR EACH YEAR SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
 SUCH APPORTIONMENT.
   §  7.  This  act shall take effect July 1, 2021, provided that if this
 act becomes a law after such date, it shall take effect immediately  and
 be  deemed  to  have  been in full force and effect on and after July 1,
 2021.