NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6310A

Senate Bill S6310A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the education department to study, review and report on the placement of the county of Westchester in the Hudson Valley region for purposes of public school foundation aid

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 11, 2018	referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1665 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 03, 2018	referred to education
Nov 29, 2017	print number 6310a
Nov 29, 2017	amend and recommit to education
May 11, 2017	referred to education

Votes

- Jun 11, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S6310A
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2018
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Croci
      
      Sepúlveda
  Jun 11, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6310A
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 11, 2018
      
      aye (22)
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Gianaris
      
      Ranzenhofer

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2017-S6310 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8863
Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S5528, A6702
2021-2022: S658, A5659
2023-2024: S63, A6979

2017-S6310 - Summary

Directs the education department to study, review and report on the placement of the county of Westchester in the Hudson Valley region for purposes of public school foundation aid, and the appropriateness of placing such county in the Long Island/New York city region for such purposes.

2017-S6310 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6310

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to direct the education department to study,
review and report on the geographic cost variation of counties in the
Hudson Valley labor force region to determine the appropriateness of
the region cost index values for purposes of the public school
foundation aid formula

 PURPOSE :

This bill directs the education department to study, review and report
on the placement of the county of Westchester in the Hudson Valley
region for purposes of public school foundation aid.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one establishes the Legislative intent.

Section two states that the education department, in consultation with
the labor department, shall study and review the geographic cost
variation within the counties in the Hudson Valley labor force region
for the purposes of determining the appropriateness of the index
values used within the school aid formula and the placement of
counties in the Hudson Valley region. In addition, the education
department, along with the labor department, shall consider and
evaluate the feasibility and advisability of Westchester county being

aligned with the Long Island/New York City region. This section also
requires a review of the regional costs associated with construction
and requires the study of applying an up to date cost index on public
school building aid reimbursement.

Section three states that the education department shall report its
findings to the governor and the legislature by April 1, 2018.

Section four establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The introduction of the regional cost index into the state public
school aid formula provided a regional approach to recognizing the
difference in labor market costs. In a June 7, 2006 report to the
board of regents subcommittee on state aid, State Education Department
staff noted in the combination of the city of New York and Long Island
that there was "evidence that these two areas actually function as a
single labor market region. With professionals, especially those in
the education professions, moving to jobs across the lines between New
York City and Long Island, it is necessary to consider this entire
region as a single area, with similar wage costs". At this same time,
the State Education Department decided to keep the county of
Westchester within the Hudson Valley for the regional cost index
calculation. In 2016, the state enacted a new law to increase the
minimum wage across the state. This legislation included the county of
Westchester along with the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, in phasing
in such wage increases, setting a new precedent that should be
considered by the education department with regard to which labor
market the county of Westchester should be included in.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None noted.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S6310 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6310
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to direct the education department to study, review and report on
   the geographic cost variation of counties in the Hudson  Valley  labor
   force region to determine the appropriateness of the region cost index
   values for purposes of the public school foundation aid formula
 
   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  that  the
 introduction of the regional cost index into the state public school aid
 formula  provided  a  regional approach to recognizing the difference in
 labor market costs. In a June 7, 2006 report to  the  board  of  regents
 subcommittee on state aid, state education department staff noted in the
 combination  of  the  city  of  New  York and Long Island that there was
 "evidence that these two areas  actually  function  as  a  single  labor
 market  region.  With  professionals,  especially those in the education
 professions, moving to jobs across the lines between New York  city  and
 Long  Island, it is necessary to consider this entire region as a single
 area, with similar wage costs". At this same time, the education depart-
 ment decided to keep the county of Westchester within the Hudson  Valley
 for  the  regional cost index calculation. In 2016, this state enacted a
 new law to increase the minimum wage across the state. This  legislation
 included the county of Westchester along with the counties of Nassau and
 Suffolk, in phasing in such wage increases, setting a new precedent that
 should  be  considered  by the education department with regard to which
 labor market the county of Westchester should be included in.
   § 2. The education department shall, in consultation with the  depart-
 ment  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 foundation aid formula, as well as county placement in the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11473-01-7

 S. 6310                             2
 
 Hudson Valley  region.  Specifically,  the  education  department  shall
 consider  the movement of the county of Westchester currently within the
 Hudson Valley region into the Long Island/New  York  city  region.  Such
 department  shall  consult  with the department of labor to review labor
 costs for the Hudson Valley region and the  Long  Island/New  York  city
 region.
   The  education department shall also review the regional costs associ-
 ated with construction and study the impact on applying an  up  to  date
 cost index on public school building aid reimbursement.
   §  3.  The  education  department  shall,  on or before April 1, 2018,
 report the findings, conclusions and recommendations of  such  study  to
 the  governor,  temporary  president  of  the  senate and speaker of the
 assembly.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2017-S6310A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8863
Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S5528, A6702
2021-2022: S658, A5659
2023-2024: S63, A6979

2017-S6310A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S6310A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6310A

SPONSOR: MURPHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to direct the education department to study,
review and report on the geographic cost variation of counties in the
Hudson Valley labor force region to determine the appropriateness of the
region cost index values for purposes of the public school foundation
aid formula

 
PURPOSE:

This bill directs the education department to study, review and report
on the placement of the county of Westchester in the Hudson Valley
region for purposes of public school foundation aid.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one establishes the Legislative intent.

Section two states that the education department, in consultation with
the labor department, shall study and review the geographic cost vari-

ation within the counties in the Hudson Valley labor force region for
the purposes of determining the appropriateness of the index values used
within the school aid formula and the placement of counties in the
Hudson Valley region. In addition, the education department, along with
the labor department, shall consider and evaluate the feasibility and
advisability of Westchester county being aligned with the Long
Island/New York City region. This section also requires a review of the
regional costs associated with construction and requires the study of
applying an up to date cost index on public school building aid
reimbursement.

Section three states that the education department shall report its
findings to the governor and the legislature by April 1, 2019.

Section four establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The introduction of the regional cost index into the state public school
aid formula provided a regional approach to recognizing the difference
in labor market costs. In a June 7, 2006 report to the board of regents
subcommittee on state aid, State Education Department staff noted in the
combination of the city of New York and Long Island that there was
"evidence that these two areas actually function as a single labor
market region. With professionals, especially those in the education
professions, moving to jobs across the lines between New York City and
Long Island, it is necessary to consider this entire region as a single
area, with similar wage costs". At this same time, the State Education
Department decided to keep the county of Westchester within the Hudson
Valley for the regional cost index calculation. In 2016, the state
enacted a new law to increase the minimum wage across the state. This
legislation included the county of Westchester along with the counties
of Nassau and Suffolk, in phasing in such wage increases, setting a new
precedent that should be considered by the education department with
regard to which labor market the county of Westchester should be
included in.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None noted.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S6310A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6310--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to direct the education department to study, review and report on
   the  geographic  cost variation of counties in the Hudson Valley labor
   force region to determine the appropriateness of the region cost index
   values for purposes of the public school foundation aid formula
 
   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 that the
 introduction of the regional cost index into the state public school aid
 formula provided a regional approach to recognizing  the  difference  in
 labor  market  costs.  In  a June 7, 2006 report to the board of regents
 subcommittee on state aid, state education department staff noted in the
 combination of the city of New York  and  Long  Island  that  there  was
 "evidence  that  these  two  areas  actually  function as a single labor
 market region. With professionals, especially  those  in  the  education
 professions,  moving  to jobs across the lines between New York city and
 Long Island, it is necessary to consider this entire region as a  single
 area, with similar wage costs". At this same time, the education depart-
 ment  decided to keep the county of Westchester within the Hudson Valley
 for the regional cost index calculation. In 2016, this state  enacted  a
 new  law to increase the minimum wage across the state. This legislation
 included the county of Westchester along with the counties of Nassau and
 Suffolk, in phasing in such wage increases, setting a new precedent that
 should be considered by the education department with  regard  to  which
 labor market the county of Westchester should be included in.
   §  2. The education department shall, in consultation with the depart-
 ment of labor, study and review the geographic cost  variations  of  the
 counties  located  in  the Hudson Valley labor force region to determine
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11473-02-7

 S. 6310--A                          2
 
 the appropriateness of the regional cost index values  used  within  the
 public school foundation aid formula, as well as county placement in the
 Hudson  Valley  region.  Specifically,  the  education  department shall
 consider  the movement of the county of Westchester currently within the
 Hudson Valley region into the Long Island/New  York  city  region.  Such
 department  shall  consult  with the department of labor to review labor
 costs for the Hudson Valley region and the  Long  Island/New  York  city
 region.
   The  education department shall also review the regional costs associ-
 ated with construction and study the impact on applying an  up  to  date
 cost index on public school building aid reimbursement.
   §  3.  The  education  department  shall,  on or before April 1, 2019,
 report the findings, conclusions and recommendations of  such  study  to
 the  governor,  temporary  president  of  the  senate and speaker of the
 assembly.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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