NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8129

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

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May 15, 2025	referred to cities 1

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2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Cities 1
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Add §12-143, NYC Ad Cd

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that for each fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2025, the city of New York shall provide an excess differential offset to each person who was employed by the board of education as a paraprofessional for all or part of such year.

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8129

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to excess differential offsets for paraprofessionals employed
by board of education

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that underpaid paraprofessionals
employed by the New York City Department of Education are compensated
fairly.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the administrative code of the city of new york to
require the city of new york to provide excess differential pay to para-
professionals each fiscal year, by way of a payment equal to the amount
obtained by multiplying (i) the excess differential for such fiscal year
divided by one hundred eighty-five by (ii) the number of school days

that such person was so employed.

Section 2 states that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Paraprofessionals in New York City have a starting salary of just under
$32,000 which is impossible to survive on in the city. In the recent
decades, because of pattern bargaining, the pay gap between paraprofes-
sionals and other school employees has grown appallingly wide. This bill
is just one step to give paraprofessionals the respect and money they
deserve for the valuable work they do for our most vulnerable students.
It provides paraprofessionals with a permanent annual recurring payment
of $10,000 or more separate from their regular salary, to begin the
process of closing the inequitable gap in pay that paraprofessionals are
experiencing.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8129
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to excess differential offsets for paraprofessionals employed
   by board of education

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
 by adding a new section 12-143 to read as follows:
   § 12-143 EXCESS DIFFERENTIAL OFFSETS FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED BY
 BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. BASE DIFFERENTIAL. THE TERM "BASE DIFFERENTIAL" MEANS, WITH RESPECT
 TO A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR, THE AMOUNT OBTAINED BY SUBTRACTING (I) THE MINI-
 MUM SALARY FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED BY  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,
 EFFECTIVE  ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE TWENTIETH PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR, FROM
 (II) THE HIGHEST SALARY FOR PRINCIPALS EMPLOYED BY SUCH BOARD, EFFECTIVE
 ON SUCH DAY.
   2. COVERED FISCAL YEAR. THE TERM "COVERED FISCAL YEAR" MEANS A  FISCAL
 YEAR FOR WHICH THE EXCESS DIFFERENTIAL IS GREATER THAN ZERO.
   3.  CURRENT  DIFFERENTIAL. THE TERM "CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL" MEANS, WITH
 RESPECT TO A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR, THE AMOUNT OBTAINED BY  SUBTRACTING  (I)
 THE MINIMUM SALARY FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCA-
 TION,  EFFECTIVE  ON  THE  FIRST  DAY OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR, FROM (II) THE
 HIGHEST SALARY FOR PRINCIPALS EMPLOYED BY SUCH BOARD, EFFECTIVE ON  SUCH
 DAY.
   4.  EXCESS  DIFFERENTIAL.  THE  TERM "EXCESS DIFFERENTIAL" MEANS, WITH
 RESPECT TO A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR, THE AMOUNT OBTAINED BY DIVIDING (I)  THE
 DIFFERENCE OBTAINED BY SUBTRACTING THE BASE DIFFERENTIAL FOR SUCH FISCAL
 YEAR  FROM  THE  CURRENT  DIFFERENTIAL  FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR BY (II) THE
 DIVIDEND OBTAINED BY DIVIDING THE AVERAGE HIGHEST SALARY FOR  PRINCIPALS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13006-01-5

 S. 8129                             2
 
 FOR  EACH  YEAR FOR THE PRECEDING 20 FISCAL YEARS BY THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
 SALARY FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS FOR EACH YEAR FOR THE PRECEDING  20  FISCAL
 YEARS.
   5.  EXCESS  DIFFERENTIAL OFFSET. THE TERM "EXCESS DIFFERENTIAL OFFSET"
 MEANS, WITH RESPECT TO A PERSON EMPLOYED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS  A
 PARAPROFESSIONAL  OR  SUBSTITUTE  PARAPROFESSIONAL  FOR ANY GIVEN FISCAL
 YEAR, A PAYMENT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT  OBTAINED  BY  MULTIPLYING  (I)  THE
 EXCESS  DIFFERENTIAL FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR DIVIDED BY ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
 FIVE BY (II) THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DAYS THAT SUCH PERSON WAS SO EMPLOYED.
   B. FOR EACH COVERED FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, THE CITY  SHALL  PROVIDE  AN  EXCESS  DIFFERENTIAL
 OFFSET  TO  EACH  PERSON WHO WAS EMPLOYED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A
 PARAPROFESSIONAL FOR ALL OR PART OF SUCH YEAR.
   C. THE EXCESS DIFFERENTIAL OFFSET REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION  SHALL  NOT
 BE  CONSIDERED A SALARY OR WAGE PAID BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NOR SHALL
 IT OTHERWISE BE CONSIDERED A TERM AND CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH  SUCH
 BOARD, AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S8129

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

co-Sponsors

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

co-Sponsors

John C. Liu

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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