NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7201

Senate Bill S7201

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education and commissioner of labor to study the appropriateness of county placement in the regional cost index used for the school aid formula

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 05, 2022	referred to education
Jun 07, 2021	referred to rules

2021-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6743
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A2916

2021-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education and commissioner of labor to study the appropriateness of county placement in the regional cost index used for the school aid formula.

2021-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7201

SPONSOR: REICHLIN-MELNICK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

The bill will study the appropriateness of Hudson Valley counties'
placement in the school aid formula regional cost index.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill directs 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.

Section two of the bill requires the report of findings and recommenda-

tions shall be delivered to the Governor, Temporary President of the
Senate and Speaker of the Assembly on or before March 1, 2022.

Section three of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The regional cost index is designed to adjust for the variable labor
costs across the state in the distribution of school aid. The current
regions and data used in formulating the regional cost index has not
been updated in over a decade.

This bill will direct the State Education Department and Department of
Labor to study the labor cost variations across the Hudson Valley coun-
ties. It will also study the appropriateness of the Hudson Valley coun-
ties in their current placement or whether any county would be better
suited in the Long Island/New York City region based on updated labor
data.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7201
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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

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