S340-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S340-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S340

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of
cooperative educational services to engage in collective bargaining with
employee organizations representing teachers and other employees of
component school districts

PURPOSE:
To allow Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to engage
in collective bargaining for the new hiring of teachers and other
district employees.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1- Amends subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
by adding a new paragraph 00 to allow component school districts with
the approval of the commissioner, to provide collective bargaining,
pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law, on a
supervisory district-wide basis with the employee organizations
representing the teachers and other employees of such district.

Section 2- Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
There are currently nearly 700 school districts in New York State that
separately negotiate collective bargaining agreements. Although
school districts can opt to use BOCES to help them negotiate
contracts there are no regional contracts among school districts.

Regional and statewide systems do exist in other states many opting
for a statewide salary schedule for teachers. This approach is not
feasible in New York because of the cost of living discrepancies among
regional areas in the State. However, a regional system is a good
option to assist school districts in these complex labor agreements.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010: S.7659 Referred to Education; A.10995 Referred to education

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S340-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 S. 340                                                    A. 146
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered print
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SAYWARD -- read once and  referred
 to the Committee on Education
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of
 cooperative educational services to engage  in  collective  bargaining
 with  employee organizations representing teachers and other employees
 of component school districts
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.    Subdivision  4  of section 1950 of the education law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph oo to read as follows:

 OO. UPON THE REQUEST OF THE COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS  AND  WITH  THE
 APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, TO PROVIDE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, PURSUANT
 TO  ARTICLE  FOURTEEN  OF  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE  LAW,  ON  A  SUPERVISORY
 DISTRICT-WIDE BASIS WITH THE  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATIONS  REPRESENTING  THE
 TEACHERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01295-01-1

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