Sec. 112.2. Definitions

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:

(1) directly by a BOCES employee; or

(2) indirectly by an authorized provider on behalf of a BOCES, and is managed and coordinated by BOCES employees who assess needs, define the nature of the service to be provided, specify the means of service delivery and evaluate the service.

(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:

(1) at least two component school districts concurrently or successively during a school year; or

(2) in the case of approved services pertaining to the arts provided pursuant to Education Law, section 1950(4)(cc), to at least one component school district; or

(3) in the case of services to special act school districts pursuant to Education Law, section 1950(4)(m), to at least one special act school district and one other special act school district or component school district.