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A 9049: Relates to the regional cost index for purposes of the calculation of total foundation aid; updates the regional cost index to better reflect the differences in cost of living across the state.
What A 9049 does, verified March 25, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Education Law to update the regional cost index for calculating total foundation aid. The regional cost index will now reflect an analysis of labor market costs based on median salaries in professional occupations. This analysis will exclude education field occupations. The regional cost indices will be updated to reflect median salaries in different regions, including Capital District, Southern Tier, Western New York, Hudson Valley, Long Island/NYC, Finger Lakes, Central New York, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Westchester County, and Long Island/NYC. The updated regional cost indices will take effect in the 2025-2026 school year.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 9049
- What is the current status of A 9049?
- As of March 25, 2026, A 9049 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to education".
- Did A 9049 pass?
- Not yet. A 9049 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 9049, and where is it now?
- A 9049 was authored by Asm. Jo Anne Simon with 9 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Sep. 05, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, September 5, 2025 · 366 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9049 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY September 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the regional cost index for purposes of the calculation of total foundation aid The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 10-a of part A of chap- 3 ter 56 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows: 4 (2) The regional cost index shall reflect an analysis of labor market 5 costs based on median salaries in professional occupations that require 6 similar credentials to those of positions in the education field, but 7 not including those occupations in the education field, provided that 8 the regional cost indices for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight 9 school year and thereafter shall be as follows: 10 Labor Force Region Index 11 Capital District 1.124 12 Southern Tier 1.045 13 Western New York 1.091 14 Hudson Valley 1.314 15 Long Island/NYC [1.425] 1.496 16 Finger Lakes 1.141 17 Central New York 1.103 18 Mohawk Valley 1.000 19 North Country 1.000 20 Provided that in the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six 21 school year and thereafter, the regional cost index for Westchester 22 county shall be 1.351 and the regional cost index for Long Island/NYC 23 shall be 1.496. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided, however, that 25 if section 10-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025 shall not 26 have taken effect on or before such date then section one of this act 27 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such part 28 of such chapter of the laws of 2025, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13131-01-5
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