BOCES Definition & Executive Director

The bill adds a board of cooperative services (BOCES) executive director to the list of individuals covered by the public employees' retirement association (PERA) who may be employed in specified education-related positions under certain circumstances with no change in their PERA retirement benefits. The bill amends the definition of "local education provider" in the "Public School Finance Act of 2025" applicable to postsecondary and workforce readiness funding to include BOCES that do not operate schools. The bill permits local education providers to have all or some of their distribution made directly to a BOCES.(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)