Assembly Bill A9229

                             
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                                   9229
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
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 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
   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 TWENTY-TWO--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 THREE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF THE SALARY PAID TO ANY CAREER AND  TECH-
 NICAL  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-THREE--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR
 SCHOOL  YEAR,  THAT  PART OF THE SALARY PAID TO ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION TEACHER, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A  BOARD  OF  COOPER-
 ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  WHICH  IS  IN EXCESS OF FORTY-TWO THOUSAND
 DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN APPROVED  EXPENSE;  BEGINNING  IN  THE  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD14513-01-2
 A. 9229                             2
 
 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-FIVE--TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-SIX 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-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 SEVEN 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 TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SUPERVISOR
 OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES;
 PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  BEGINNING  IN  THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO--TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COST OF
 SERVICES PROVIDED BY ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER,  SUPER-
 VISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE 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 COMMIS-
 SIONER.  Any gifts, donations or interest earned by the board of cooper-
 ative 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 attrib-
 utable to an approved cost of service computed pursuant to this subdivi-
 sion  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. 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.