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Senate bill · S10209 (2025-26)

Grants retroactive participation in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System to the Rockland Central School District

New York State Senate

Same as A11183, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Latest action May 29, 2026

Sponsor: Peter Oberacker (State Senator, District 51, Republican/Conservative)

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From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 21, 2026. About our data

Summary

Grants retroactive participation in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System to the Rockland Central School District; deems such school district to have been a participating employer beginning on July 1, 2025 and relates to contributions made by eligible employees on and after July 1, 2025.

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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This legislation authorizes the Rockland Central School District to enroll in the New York State and Local Retirement System and be deemed a participating employer as of July 1, 2025.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Civil Service And Pensions · New York State Senate

Also referred to Governmental Employees · New York State Assembly.

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The sponsor's argument

Why Peter Oberacker says this is needed

The Roscoe Central School District and the Livingston Manor Central School District reorganized under Article 37 of the New York State Education law to create the Rockland Central School District. The effec- tive date of the centralization is July 1, 2025. The old entities were dissolved on June 30, 2025. As a new entity, the Roddand Central School District was required to elect participation in the New York State Local Retirement Systems (NYSLRS). The district failed to elect to do so by the July 1, 2025, deadline. However, they began deducting employee pension contributions during this time The district then elected to enroll in NYSLRS beginning January 1, 2026. The Rockland Central School District was therefore not enrolled in NYSLRS from July 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026, resulting in eligible employees not receiving proper retirement credit or benefits for service rendered during this period This bill remedies the gap by retroactively enrolling the district as of July 1, 2025.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. May 29, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

    NY Assembly

  2. May 29, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  3. May 29, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    NY Senate

  4. May 29, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    NY Assembly

  5. May 29, 2026

    Rules Report CAL.280

    RULES REPORT CAL.280

    NY Assembly

Show full history (3 earlier events)
  1. May 19, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  2. May 5, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    NY Senate

  3. May 1, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

    NY Assembly

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