Bill Text: NY S02254 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for apportionments to school districts under the shared superintendent program; makes an appropriation therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02254 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S02254-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2254 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance 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 23 students after entering into a shared superintendent contract. Provided 24 further, that this program shall only apply to shared superintendents EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03802-01-3S. 2254 2 1 and shall not apply to shared associate superintendents, shared assist- 2 ant superintendents, or shared deputy superintendents. 3 2. (a) The commissioner is authorized to provide an apportionment to 4 each school district participating in a shared superintendent program 5 equal to (i) twenty-five percent of such superintendent's annual salary 6 where there are two participating school districts, or (ii) seventeen 7 percent of such superintendent's annual salary where there are three 8 participating school districts. 9 (b) For purposes of calculating the apportionment: (i) the superinten- 10 dent's annual salary shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the district's 11 net cost of the superintendent's prorated annual salary without benefits 12 pursuant to an inter-municipal agreement, contract or memorandum of 13 understanding, or (B) the median salary without benefits of all current 14 full-time public school superintendents in a public school district 15 eligible for an apportionment under subdivision four of section thirty- 16 six hundred two of this chapter in the county where such shared super- 17 intendent program is located; 18 (ii) in the event the public school districts participating in such 19 shared superintendent program are located in different counties, the 20 superintendent's salary shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the 21 district's net cost of the superintendent's prorated annual salary with- 22 out benefits pursuant to an inter-municipal agreement, contract or memo- 23 randum of understanding, or (B) the average of the median salary without 24 benefits of all current full-time public school superintendents in a 25 public school district eligible for an apportionment under subdivision 26 four of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter in each county 27 where such shared superintendent program is located. 28 (c) Within the amounts appropriated for this purpose, the commissioner 29 shall provide an apportionment to any eligible school district submit- 30 ting a claim under subdivision three of this section. In the event the 31 appropriation for purposes of this subdivision in any year is insuffi- 32 cient to pay all claims received pursuant to this subdivision, the 33 commissioner shall pay such claims on a prorated basis among all 34 districts filing such claims until the appropriation is exhausted. 35 Provided further that no apportionment shall be provided to any school 36 district subject to the provisions of section two thousand 37 twenty-three-a of this chapter and that has adopted a budget or where 38 voters have approved a budget in excess of the tax levy limit prescribed 39 by such section where such budget is in effect during the term of such 40 shared superintendent program. Provided further, that in no event shall 41 districts that have entered into an aidable cooperative educational 42 services agreement for any such services with a board of cooperative 43 educational services pursuant to section nineteen hundred fifty of this 44 chapter be eligible for an award pursuant to this section for the same 45 purpose. 46 3. The claim for an apportionment to be paid to each public school 47 district under this section shall be submitted to the commissioner on a 48 form prescribed for such purpose, and shall be payable no later than the 49 first of September of the year following the year of participation in 50 such shared superintendent program. Claims for an apportionment shall 51 document (a) the district's net cost of the superintendent's prorated 52 annual salary without benefits pursuant to an inter-municipal agreement, 53 contract or memorandum of understanding, and (b) the savings obtained as 54 a result of a district's participation in the shared superintendent 55 program. The commissioner shall calculate the median salary without 56 benefits of all current full-time public school superintendents in aS. 2254 3 1 public school district eligible for an apportionment under subdivision 2 four of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter in the county or 3 counties where such shared superintendent program is located. 4 4. A superintendent working as an employee of one or more school 5 districts under this section shall not be eligible to earn additional 6 retirement service credit in any public retirement system as defined in 7 section eight hundred of the retirement and social security law. 8 § 2. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much thereof 9 as may be available, is hereby appropriated to the department of educa- 10 tion from any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the 11 credit of the state purposes account, not otherwise appropriated, and 12 made immediately available, for the purpose of carrying out the 13 provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and 14 warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the 15 commissioner of education in the manner prescribed by law. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
