S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6743
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 29, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education and the commissioner of
labor to study the appropriateness of county placement in the regional
cost index used for the school aid formula
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The New York state education department ("the department")
shall, in consultation with the New York state department of labor,
study and review the geographic cost variations of the counties located
in the Hudson Valley labor force region to determine the appropriateness
of the regional cost index values used within the public school founda-
tion aid formula, as well as county placement in the Hudson Valley
region. The department shall consider the appropriateness of moving any
of the counties of Orange, Rockland, Westchester, Dutchess or Putnam
currently within the Hudson Valley region into the Long Island/New York
city region. The department shall consult with the New York state
department of labor to review labor costs for the Hudson Valley region
and the Long Island/New York city region. The department shall also
review the regional costs associated with construction and study the
impact on applying an up to date cost index on public school building
aid reimbursement.
§ 2. The department shall, on or before March 1, 2022, report the
findings, conclusions and recommendations of the study required by
section one of this act to the governor, the temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10070-02-1