(a) "cost-effectiveness" shall mean one or more measures of the
efficient use of school district resources relative to school
performance in accordance with state educational standards, as
determined by the department.
(b) "cost-effective practices" shall mean those practices which most
efficiently use limited resources to produce a particular outcome or set
of outcomes in accordance with state educational standards.
(c) "board" shall mean the board of regents of the state of New York.
2. The board and the commissioner shall wherever practicable promote
cost-effectiveness and cost-effective practices in the public elementary
and secondary schools and boards of cooperative educational services of
the state. As part of the effort pursuant to this section, by January
first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight and periodically thereafter, the
commissioner shall (a) identify current structures, policies, laws and
regulations which hinder cost-effectiveness in schools and school
districts; (b) identify cost-effective districts by determining which
schools or school districts have demonstrated significant achievement or
improvement relative to resource allocation in such areas as student
performance, instruction, management, business administration, early
childhood education and such other areas as the board deems appropriate;
(c) identify cost-effective action, policies, practices and programs
which may be successfully replicated in other school districts; and (d)
recommend or, to the extent feasible, develop specific cost-effective
ways in which to encourage, recognize and reward academic improvement
and success in school districts, and remove existing penalties and
fiscal disincentives to such improvement or success.
3. The commissioner shall consult with school district administrators,
district superintendents and superintendents of schools, teachers,
school board members, parents, students, non-pedagogical school support
personnel, representatives from post-secondary institutions and other
pertinent groups and individuals in determining cost-effective programs
pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
4. The commissioner shall disseminate information to school district
administrators, school board members and other interested parties on how
cost-effective practices can be used and applied in school districts,
individual schools and the classroom. Such information shall include a
summary of exemplary cost-effective practices among school districts
receiving apportionments pursuant to subparagraph one of paragraph h of
subdivision fourteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
Structure New York Laws
Article 5 - University of the State of New York
201 - Corporate Name and Objects.
206 - Authority to Take Testimony and Conduct Hearings.
208 - General Examinations, Credentials and Degrees.
208-A - Scheduling of Examinations.
209 - Academic Examinations; Admission and Fees.
209-A - Applications for Admission to College.
210-A - Admission Requirements for Graduate-Level Teacher and Educational Leader Programs.
210-B - Graduate-Level Teacher and Educational Leadership Program Deregistration and Suspension.
210-C - Interstate Reciprocity Agreement for Post-Secondary Distance Education Programs.
211 - Review of Regents Learning Standards.
211-A - Enhanced State Accountability System.
211-B - Consequences for Consistent Lack of Improvement in Academic Performance.
211-C - Distinguished Educators.
211-D - Contract for Excellence.
211-E - Educational Partnership Organizations.
211-F - Takeover and Restructuring Failing Schools.
212-A - Return of Deposits for Professional and Graduate Schools.
212-C - Teacher Accreditation Review Fees.
213 - Extension of Educational Facilities.
213-B - Unlawful Sale of Dissertations, Theses and Term Papers.
214 - Institutions in the University.
215-A - Annual Report by Regents to Governor and Legislature.
215-B - Annual Report by Commissioner to Governor and Legislature.
215-C - Promoting Cost-Effectiveness in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.
215-D - State University of New York Report on Economic Development Activities.
216-A - Applicability of Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.
216-C - Special Provisions for Cutlery and Knife Museums That Exhibit Automatic Knifes.
218 - Conditions of Incorporation.
219 - Change of Name or Charter.
221 - Dissolution of Educational Institution by Stockholders.
222 - Suspension of Operations.
223 - Consolidation or Merger of Corporations.
224-A - Students Unable Because of Religious Beliefs to Register or Attend Classes on Certain Days.
225 - Unlawful Acts in Respect to Examinations and Records.
226 - Powers of Trustees of Institutions.
227 - Colleges May Construct Water-Works and Sewer Systems.
228 - The Hamilton College Sewer District.
229 - County Educational Institutions.
230 - Municipal Training Institute.
231 - Town and County Officers Training School.
232 - Departments and Their Government.
233 - State Museum; Collections Made by the Staff.
233-A - Property of the State Museum.
233-AA - Property of Other Museums.
233-B - New York State Freedom Trail Commission.
235-A - New York State Biodiversity Research Institute.
235-B - New York State Biological Survey.
236 - Public Television and Radio.
238 - Chair on Geriatrics in the State University.
238-A - Statewide Resource Centers for Geriatric Education.
239 - Albert Einstein Chairs in Science and Albert Schweitzer Chairs in the Humanities.
239-A - Collection and Distribution of Student's Residual Consumer Goods.