New York S 8957: Directs the education department to study, review and report on the placement of the counties of Putnam and Rockland in the Hudson Valley region for purposes of public school foundation aid

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S08957 Summary:

BILL NOS08957 

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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Directs the education department to study, review and report on the geographic cost variation of counties in the Hudson Valley labor force region to determine the appropriateness of the region cost index values for purposes of the public school foundation aid formula.

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BILL NOS08957 

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01/21/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8957

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to direct the education department to study, review and report on
 the geographic cost variation of counties in the Hudson Valley labor
 force region to determine the appropriateness of the region cost index
 values for purposes of the public school foundation aid formula

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education department shall, in consultation with the
 2 department of labor, study and review the geographic cost variations of
 3 the counties located in the Hudson Valley labor force region to deter-
 4 mine the appropriateness of the regional cost index values used within
 5 the public school foundation aid formula, as well as county placement in
 6 the Hudson Valley region. Specifically, the education department shall
 7 consider the movement of the counties of Putnam and Rockland currently
 8 within the Hudson Valley region into the Long Island/New York city
 9 region. Such department shall consult with the department of labor to
 10 review labor costs for the Hudson Valley region and the Long Island/New
 11 York city region.
 12 The education department shall also review the regional costs associ-
 13 ated with construction and study the impact on applying an up to date
 14 cost index on public school building aid reimbursement.
 15 § 2. The education department shall, on or before April 1, 2027,
 16 report the findings, conclusions and recommendations of such study to
 17 the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the
 18 assembly.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14283-01-5

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