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                                 3668--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, RA, BRABENEC -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M.   of A. GARBARINO -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

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
  education 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 section 80-a of part A of chapter 58 of the laws
of 2011, 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, 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 SIXTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN
SCHOOL  YEAR,  THAT  PART 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 WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THIRTY-
SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN APPROVED EXPENSE; BEGINNING IN
THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART
OF THE SALARY PAID TO ANY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SUPER-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07937-02-6
              

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VISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
WHICH  IS  IN  EXCESS OF FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN
APPROVED EXPENSE; BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND
NINETEEN  SCHOOL YEAR, THAT PART OF THE SALARY PAID ANY CAREER AND TECH-
NICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF  THE  BOARD  OF
COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF FORTY-EIGHT THOU-
SAND DOLLARS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AN APPROVED EXPENSE; BEGINNING IN THE TWO
THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY  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--TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE 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
SIXTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER,
THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY  ANY  CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL  EDUCATION
TEACHER, SUPERVISOR OR OTHER EMPLOYEE OF THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
TIONAL  SERVICES  THAT  IS CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE OF SUFFI-
CIENT RIGOR TO MEET NATIONAL STANDARDS SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED  PERCENT  OF
SUCH SALARY OR THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE SALARY, WHICHEVER IS LESS AS DETER-
MINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER. Any gifts, donations or interest 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 transporta-
tion 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.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.