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Senate Bill S1929

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Adjusts the regional labor force cost index for the Hudson Valley region

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2025-S1929 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8488
2023-2024: S5534

2025-S1929 - Summary

Adjusts the regional labor force cost index for the Hudson Valley region for the 2025--2026 school year and thereafter.

2025-S1929 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1929 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1929
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- 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 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 9-b of part CCC of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, 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-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE 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
   (B) FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX  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.
                                                            LBD03427-01-5

2025-S1929A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8488
2023-2024: S5534

2025-S1929A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adjusts the regional labor force cost index for the Hudson Valley region for the 2025--2026 school year and thereafter.

2025-S1929A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1929A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1929--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03427-03-6
 S. 1929--A                          2

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