New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education
Part 112 - Approval Of Services Provided By Boards Of Cooperative Educational Services
Section 112.2 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
As used in Education Law, section 1950(4)(d), and this Part:
(a) Approved or approval means approved by, or approval of, the Commissioner of Education.
(b) Authorized provider means an independent contractor, including but not limited to a school district, other public agency or not-for-profit corporation, with which a BOCES is authorized to contract for the provision of a specific service.
(c) BOCES aid means the apportionment of State aid to BOCES pursuant to Education Law, section 1950(4)(m) or (5).
(d) BOCES-operated service means a service which is provided either:
(e) Cooperative service application (CO-SER) means an application by a BOCES for approval of a program of BOCES-operated services, which consists of a program description and a proposed budget in a form prescribed by the commissioner.
(f) Eligible recipient means an entity eligible to rceive a particular BOCES-operated service in accordance with a specific statutory authorization, and may include, but shall not be limited to, a component school district, a noncomponent school district, the United States of America, the State of New York, a community college, agricultural and technical college, a public agency, a not-for-profit corporation, or a nonpublic school.
(g) Operating plan means the aggregate of the approved cooperative service applications for all shared services to be provided by a BOCES in a particular school year.
(h) Shared service means an approved BOCES-operated service which is provided on a cooperative basis to: