State Legislative Issues

2026 Legislative Season

• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success
• Mandatory Project Labor Agreements on Long Island
• 2026 Lobby Day Memos
• A.10959 (Hevesi) - The Council SUPPORTS Explicitly Authorizing School Districts to Provide Childcare
• Memo in Support - Small Group Health Insurance

2025 Legislative Season

• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success
• Lobby Day Memos

2024 Legislative Season

• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success
• NYSCOSS Budget Priorities
• Oppose Cuts to Foundation Aid
• Support Suspending Retire Earnings Limitations
• Reform Zero-Emissions School Bus Law
• Fund Court Mandate for Free and Appropriate Public Education for Students with Disabilities to Age 22
• Fund Foundation Aid Update Study
• Support Career and Technical Education Opportunities for Students
• Oppose Special Education Cost Shift
• Fix APPR
• Support Civil Service Hiring Reforms
• Support Child Victims Act Assistance
• Repeal COVID Sick Leave Law
• ALL-IN-ONE (For Early Printing).
• NYSCOSS-NYSSBA-ASBO-NY Recommendations on Zero-Emissions Bus Transition
• Council Testimony:  School-College Partnerships
• Council Testimony:  Civil Service and Pension Reforms

2023 Legislative Season

• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success
• High Impact Tutoring Set-Aside (Oppose)
• Foundation Aid and Other Aid Issues (Support)
• Increase Career and Technical Education Funding (Support)
• Universal Student Meals (Support)
• Reserve Fund Flexibility (Support)
• Charter School Expansion (Oppose)
• Streamline Reporting Requirements (Support)
• Extent Retiree Earnings Exemption (Support)
• Civil Service Reform (Support)
• Special Education Cost Shift (Oppose)
• Increase Capital Outlays Limit (Support)
• Property Tax Cap Adjustments (Support)
• All memos in one document (for easy printing)

2022 Legislative Session

• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success
• Memo in Support - Fund Public Schools
• Memo in Support - Repeal Duplicative Reporting
• Memo in Support - Tax Cap Reforms
• Memo in Support - CTE Opportunities
• Memo in Support - Prior Year Claims Appropriation
• Memo in Opposition - Special Education Cost Shift
• Memo in Support - Retiree Earning Limitations
• Memo in Support - Unrestricted Fund Balance
• Memo in Support - Increase School Capital Outlays Limit

2021 Legislative Session

• Memo in Support - Unrestricted Fund Balance
• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success
• All Lobby Day Memos in One Document (for easy printing)
• Lobby Day Key Points Summary
• Provide Sound Funding for Public Schools
• Reject Services Aid
• Reimburse Special Transportation Expenses
• Explaining the 2021-2022 Executive Budget School Aid Runs
• Support Reserve Fund Flexibility
• Limit Charter School Growth and Restore Tuition Reimbursement
• Support Tax Cap Adjustments
• Oppose Eliminating State Reimbursement for Residential Placements for Students with Disabilities
• Support Polling Place Safety

2020 Legislative Session

• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success (2020)
• Council Testimony:  Reimagining Education Advisory Council (2020)
• Support Exempting Schools from Paid Time Off for Elections
• Support Increasing the Limit on Capital Outlays for Small School Construction Projects

2019 Legislative Session

• Ten Legislative Actions for School Success (2019)
• Council Testimony:  Joint Legislative Hearing on Rural Broadband Access
• Support Increase in Earning Limitation for Retirees
• Joint Council-NYSSBA Statement of Support for Exempting School Employees from Paid Time Off for Voting
• Support Exempting Schools from Paid Time Off for Elections
• Support Eliminating the Religious Exemption for Vaccinations
• Support Authorizing School Districts to Save for Future Teacher Pension Obligations 
• Support Adjusting the BOCES Superintendent Salary Cap
• Support Polling Place Safety for Schools
• Support Increasing the Limit on Capital Outlays for Small School Construction Projects
• Student Health Concerns — Vaping, "Tobacco 21," Cannabis Legalization