§ 3032. Teacher summer business training and employment program; and\nemployer specific skill training grant program. 1. Definitions. (a)\n"Regions" for the purposes of this section means regions as established\nby the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of the vocational\neducation act.\n (b) "Local education agencies" for the purposes of this section means\nschool districts, boards of cooperative educational services, community\ncolleges, agricultural and technical colleges, state university of New\nYork college of technology and centers for advanced technology\ndesignated pursuant to section three thousand one hundred two-a of the\npublic authorities law, and other postsecondary providers of career\neducation as set forth annually by the commissioner as eligible\nrecipients under the federal vocational education act of nineteen\nhundred eighty-four.\n (c) "Total employment cost" means salary or wages paid directly to\neach teacher participating and associated fringe benefits which accrue\nto each teacher in the teacher summer business training and employment\nprogram.\n 2. Allocations. The commissioner shall allocate the lesser of forty\nthousand dollars or one percent of the total appropriation for the\npurposes of this section to each region for administering and conducting\nemployer specific skill training and employment programs and the\nremainder of such appropriation shall be allocated to each region for\nthe administration and support of teacher summer business training and\nemployment programs based on the proportion of the base year full time\nteachers in the public schools of all school districts and boards of\ncooperative educational services within the region to the total of such\nteachers in the state, provided however, that each region shall receive\nat least five percent of the allocation for such purposes and provided\nfurther that the cost due to such five percent allowance shall be\nproportionally borne by the regions not so affected. Use of funds for\nadministration of the summer business training and employment programs\nshall not exceed six percent of the allocation to a region.\n 3. Teacher summer business training and employment program. (a) In any\ncase in which a business or industry within the state shall employ\nduring the months of July and August a teacher of mathematics,\nchemistry, biology, earth science, physics, computer science, career\neducation or an elementary specialist in the area of mathematics or\nscience or commencing July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five, a\nteacher of other subject areas as the commissioner may deem appropriate,\nthe state will assist employers with costs associated with approved work\nexperience for such teachers. Such business or industry shall request\nthat the chief administrative officer of the school district or board of\ncooperative educational services employing such teacher during the same\nschool year as such business or industry employment occurs, certify to\nthe commissioner that the summer work experience involved will directly\nbenefit the individual's effectiveness as a teacher of mathematics,\nchemistry, biology, earth science, physics, computer science, career\neducation, or other subject areas as the commissioner may deem\nappropriate. If such chief administrative officer so certifies, then\nsuch officer shall also file the request with the local education agency\ndesignated by the commissioner for pre-approval for funding under this\nprogram in the applicable region. The commissioner shall not approve any\nrequests for approval that would result in the maximum allocation for\nthe applicable region being exceeded. No approval shall be given except\nfor the lesser of thirty per centum of the total employment cost or one\nthousand dollars per employed teacher. The remainder of such costs shall\nbe borne by the business employer involved. Participation in this\nprogram shall be at the option of each school district or board of\ncooperativ
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