What's happening
This bill increases state aid per pupil for career education programs in grades 10-12 from $3,900 to $4,875.
Why it matters
The increased per-pupil aid gives school districts more resources to invest directly in career education programs. , which can help cover costs for up-to-date equipment, industry-relevant curriculum, and experienced instructors—areas often underfunded in technical and vocational education.
By raising the funding threshold, the bill may help make career education more accessible and attractive to students in grades 10-12. , potentially increasing enrollment in these programs and better preparing students for immediate entry into skilled trades or technical careers after high school.
Districts are required to use the increased aid specifically for career education in the current year. , ensuring the additional funding is not diverted to other uses and increasing accountability for improving the quality and reach of these programs.
The law includes a safeguard: if a district reduces its own local spending on career education below previous levels, its state aid can be reduced or withheld. , encouraging districts to maintain or increase their local investment in these programs rather than substituting state dollars for local dollars.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1229
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2019
Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 an increase in aid for career education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 10 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 16 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
b. Aid for career education. There shall be apportioned to such city school districts and other school districts which were not components of a board of cooperative educational services in the base year for pupils in grades ten through twelve in attendance in career education programs as such programs are defined by the commissioner, subject for the purposes of this paragraph to the approval of the director of the budget, an amount for each such pupil to be computed by multiplying the career education aid ratio by [three thousand nine hundred] four thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars. Such aid will be payable for weighted pupils attending career education programs operated by the school district and for weighted pupils for whom such school district contracts with boards of cooperative educational services to attend career education programs operated by a board of cooperative educational services. Weighted pupils for the purposes of this paragraph shall mean the sum of the attendance of students in grades ten through twelve in career education sequences in trade, industrial, technical, agricultural or health programs plus the product of sixteen hundredths multiplied by the attendance of students in grades ten through twelve in career education sequences in business and marketing as defined by the commissioner in regulations. The career education aid ratio shall be computed by subtracting from one the product obtained by multiplying fifty-nine percent by the combined wealth ratio. This aid ratio shall be expressed
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as a decimal carried to three places without rounding, but not less than thirty-six percent.
Any school district that receives aid pursuant to this paragraph shall be required to use such amount to support career education programs in the current year.
A board of education which spends less than its local funds as defined by regulations of the commissioner for career education in the base year during the current year shall have its apportionment under this subdivision reduced in an amount equal to such deficiency in the current or a succeeding school year, provided however that the commissioner may waive such reduction upon determination that overall expenditures per pupil in support of career education programs were continued at a level equal to or greater than the level of such overall expenditures per pupil in the preceding school year.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the aid for career education payable in the 2019-2020 school year and years thereafter.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to an increase in aid for career education
Purpose
To increase the special services aid as it relates to career and techni- cal education.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the education law relating to aid for career education by providing a 25% increase in the education aid ratio.
Section 2 provides the effective date.
Justification
New York State provides aid to school districts to help them pay for services that they purchase from BOCES, including teachers for instruc- tion in career and technical education. This bill would improve resources and programming for career and technical education to certain school districts. These districts receive aid based on career education aid ratio multiplied by $3,900, which increased in 2007 from $3,700 and has not changed since.
Providing much needed support to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs is essential. For many students, CTE offers the most promising pathway to career success. Funding and reimbursement structures, partic- ularly BOCES and Special Services Aids, needs improvement and expansion so that all students may benefit from its programs. By facilitating broader investments and public-private partnerships in these areas, we can present an integrated career and technical curriculum to students.
Legislative history
2017-2018: S.3843A
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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