Bill Text: NY S02851 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to eligibility for an apportionment for the governing board of a public school district; makes an appropriation therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02851 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02851-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 2851                                                  A. 3578
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, PALUMBO -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  eligibility  for  an
          apportionment; and making an appropriation therefor
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1527-c of the education law, as added by section 21
     2  of subpart F of part C of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    §  1527-c. Shared superintendent program. 1. Notwithstanding any other
     5  provision of law, rule or regulation  to  the  contrary,  the  governing
     6  board  of  a  public school district eligible for an apportionment under
     7  subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two of this  chapter  and
     8  with  an  enrollment  of less than one thousand students in the previous
     9  year shall be authorized to enter into a school  superintendent  sharing
    10  contract  with  no more than two additional public school districts each
    11  of which had fewer than one thousand in enrolled pupils in the  previous
    12  year.  Each  shared  superintendent arrangement shall be governed by the
    13  boards of education of the public school districts participating in  the
    14  shared  contract, provided that such shared superintendent contract must
    15  be approved by a duly adopted board  resolution  of  each  participating
    16  public  school district prior to the commencement of services.  Provided
    17  however, that this section shall not be construed to  alter,  affect  or
    18  impair  any  employment  contract  which  is in effect on or before July
    19  first, two thousand [thirteen]  nineteen.  Any  public  school  district
    20  which  has  entered  into  a  school superintendent sharing program will
    21  continue to be eligible to complete such contract  notwithstanding  that
    22  the  enrollment  of  the  public  school  district exceeded one thousand
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03262-02-9

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     1  students after entering into a shared superintendent contract.  Provided
     2  further,  that  this  program shall only apply to shared superintendents
     3  and shall not apply to shared associate superintendents, shared  assist-
     4  ant superintendents, or shared deputy superintendents.
     5    2.  (a)  The commissioner is authorized to provide an apportionment to
     6  each school district participating in a  shared  superintendent  program
     7  equal  to (i) twenty-five percent of such superintendent's annual salary
     8  where there are two participating school districts,  or  (ii)  seventeen
     9  percent  of  such  superintendent's  annual salary where there are three
    10  participating school districts.
    11    (b) For purposes of calculating the apportionment: (i) the superinten-
    12  dent's annual salary shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the  district's
    13  net cost of the superintendent's prorated annual salary without benefits
    14  pursuant  to  an  inter-municipal  agreement,  contract or memorandum of
    15  understanding, or (B) the median salary without benefits of all  current
    16  full-time  public  school  superintendents  in  a public school district
    17  eligible for an apportionment under subdivision four of section  thirty-
    18  six  hundred  two of this chapter in the county where such shared super-
    19  intendent program is located;
    20    (ii) in the event the public school districts  participating  in  such
    21  shared  superintendent  program  are  located in different counties, the
    22  superintendent's salary  shall  be  equal  to  the  lesser  of  (A)  the
    23  district's net cost of the superintendent's prorated annual salary with-
    24  out benefits pursuant to an inter-municipal agreement, contract or memo-
    25  randum of understanding, or (B) the average of the median salary without
    26  benefits  of  all  current  full-time public school superintendents in a
    27  public school district eligible for an apportionment  under  subdivision
    28  four  of  section  thirty-six hundred two of this chapter in each county
    29  where such shared superintendent program is located.
    30    (c) Within the amounts appropriated for this purpose, the commissioner
    31  shall provide an apportionment to any eligible school  district  submit-
    32  ting  a  claim under subdivision three of this section. In the event the
    33  appropriation for purposes of this subdivision in any year  is  insuffi-
    34  cient  to  pay  all  claims  received  pursuant to this subdivision, the
    35  commissioner shall pay  such  claims  on  a  prorated  basis  among  all
    36  districts  filing  such  claims  until  the  appropriation is exhausted.
    37  Provided further that no apportionment shall be provided to  any  school
    38  district   subject   to   the   provisions   of   section  two  thousand
    39  twenty-three-a of this chapter and that has adopted a  budget  or  where
    40  voters have approved a budget in excess of the tax levy limit prescribed
    41  by  such  section where such budget is in effect during the term of such
    42  shared superintendent program. Provided further, that in no event  shall
    43  districts  that  have  entered  into  an aidable cooperative educational
    44  services agreement for any such services with  a  board  of  cooperative
    45  educational  services pursuant to section nineteen hundred fifty of this
    46  chapter be eligible for an award pursuant to this section for  the  same
    47  purpose.
    48    3.  The  claim  for  an apportionment to be paid to each public school
    49  district under this section shall be submitted to the commissioner on  a
    50  form prescribed for such purpose, and shall be payable no later than the
    51  first  of  September  of the year following the year of participation in
    52  such shared superintendent program. Claims for  an  apportionment  shall
    53  document  (a)  the  district's net cost of the superintendent's prorated
    54  annual salary without benefits pursuant to an inter-municipal agreement,
    55  contract or memorandum of understanding, and (b) the savings obtained as
    56  a result of a district's  participation  in  the  shared  superintendent

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     1  program.  The  commissioner  shall  calculate  the median salary without
     2  benefits of all current full-time public  school  superintendents  in  a
     3  public  school  district eligible for an apportionment under subdivision
     4  four  of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter in the county or
     5  counties where such shared superintendent program is located.
     6    4. A superintendent working as an  employee  of  one  or  more  school
     7  districts  under  this  section shall not be eligible to earn additional
     8  retirement service credit in any public retirement system as defined  in
     9  section eight hundred of the retirement and social security law.
    10    §  2.  The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much thereof
    11  as may be available, is hereby appropriated to the department of  educa-
    12  tion  from  any  moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the
    13  credit of the state purposes account, not  otherwise  appropriated,  and
    14  made  immediately  available,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the
    15  provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on  the  audit  and
    16  warrant  of  the  comptroller  on  vouchers certified or approved by the
    17  commissioner of education in the manner prescribed by law.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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