STATE OF NEW YORK
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4332
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, GALEF, PAULIN -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to Tier 1 high tax aid
apportionment and foundation aid
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section
2 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 5-a of part A of chap-
3 ter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 (2) The regional cost index shall reflect an analysis of labor market
5 costs based on median salaries in professional occupations that require
6 similar credentials to those of positions in the education field, but
7 not including those occupations in the education field, provided that
8 the regional cost indices for the [two thousand seven--two thousand
9 eight] two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen school year and
10 thereafter shall be as follows:
11 Labor Force Region Index
12 Capital District 1.124
13 Southern Tier 1.045
14 Western New York 1.091
15 Hudson Valley 1.314
16 (excluding Westchester)
17 Westchester 1.425
18 Long Island/NYC 1.425
19 Finger Lakes 1.141
20 Central New York 1.103
21 Mohawk Valley 1.000
22 North Country 1.000
23 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 16 of section 3602 of the education
24 law, as amended by section 18 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
25 2008, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 b. Tier 1 high tax aid apportionment. For any tier 1 eligible school
2 district, the tier 1 high tax aid apportionment shall be the greater of
3 (1) the product of the public school district enrollment of the district
4 in the base year, as computed pursuant to subparagraph two of paragraph
5 n of subdivision one of this section, multiplied by the product of four
6 hundred fifty dollars multiplied by the state sharing ratio, or (2) one
7 hundred thousand dollars. In no event shall a district receive less than
8 the amount to which it was entitled pursuant to this paragraph.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.