S 8957 — Directs the education department to study, review and report on the placement of the counties of Putnam and Rockland in the Hudson Valley region for purposes of public school foundation aid
Congress · introduced 2026-01-21
Directs the education department to study, review and report on the geographic cost variation of counties in the Hudson Valley labor force region to determine the appropriateness of the region cost index values for purposes of the public school foundation aid formula.
Latest action: 2026-01-21 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
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Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | William Weber | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-21 | Pete Harckham | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | William Weber (—, state_upper NY-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-21 · sponsored by Pete Harckham (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by William Weber (cosponsor) · sponsorship