S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9545
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adjusting the regional
cost index for state school aid with respect to the Hudson Valley
region
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section
3602 of the education law, as amended by section 10-a of part A of chap-
ter 56 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
(2) (A) The regional cost index shall reflect an analysis of labor
market costs based on median salaries in professional occupations that
require similar credentials to those of positions in the education
field, but not including those occupations in the education field,
provided that the regional cost indices for the two thousand seven--two
thousand eight school year [and thereafter] THROUGH THE TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-FIVE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX SCHOOL YEAR shall be as follows:
Labor Force Region Index
Capital District 1.124
Southern Tier 1.045
Western New York 1.091
Hudson Valley 1.314
Long Island/NYC 1.425
Finger Lakes 1.141
Central New York 1.103
Mohawk Valley 1.000
North Country 1.000
Provided that in the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six
school year and thereafter, the regional cost index for Westchester
county shall be 1.351.
(B) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL
YEAR AND THEREAFTER THE REGIONAL COST INDICES SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
LABOR FORCE REGION INDEX
CAPITAL DISTRICT 1.124
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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