Permits BOCES to contract with third party vendors for approved technology activities and services at the request of two or more school districts; allows the commissioner of education to approve such technology activities and services as aidable shared services under certain circumstances.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1681
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 4, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. FLANAGAN, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, FUSCHILLO, LITTLE,
MORAHAN, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to third party contract-
ing for technology services as aidable shared services and providing
for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph oo to read as follows:
3 oo. To contract with third party vendors for approved technology
4 activities and services at the request of two or more school districts,
5 in conjunction with a contract for the purchase of technology equipment
6 pursuant to paragraph jj of this subdivision or any other shared service
7 authorized under this subdivision. The commissioner may approve such
8 technology activities and services as aidable shared services, provided
9 that the board of cooperative educational services demonstrates that
10 such activities and services required cannot be supplied through full-
11 time employees of the board of cooperative educational services due to
12 insufficient qualified staff or lack of required special skills or
13 expertise.
14 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 1950 of the education law is amended by
15 adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
16 i. For the purposes of computing the apportionment pursuant to this
17 subdivision, the aidable cost of services for approved technology
18 services provided through contractual agreement between a board of coop-
19 erative educational services and a third party vendor pursuant to para-
20 graph oo of subdivision four of this section, exclusive of any costs for
21 the purchase of technology equipment or supplies, shall equal the prod-
22 uct of such costs allocated to each component school district by such
23 board of cooperative educational services multiplied by the quotient of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the total amount allocated to all component school districts for the
2 cost of all other aidable shared services, excluding that part of the
3 salary paid any teacher, supervisor or other employee of the board of
4 cooperative educational services which is in excess of thirty thousand
5 dollars, divided by the total amount allocated to all component school
6 districts for the cost of all such other aidable shared services,
7 including that part of the salary paid any teacher, supervisor or other
8 employee of the board of cooperative educational services which is in
9 excess of thirty thousand dollars.
10 § 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010, provided that the
11 provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2012.
