Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO UNCOVERS, ENDS IMPROPER LAW FIRM ABUSE OF PUBLIC PENSION SYSTEM

Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH TWO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... lawyers asked to be placed on the HFM BOCES payroll so they could obtain public ... public employees, and so that the school districts served by the BOCES could obtain ... the school districts served by HFM BOCES would agree annually to an amount ...

Article: Pension case shifts burden of cost; Districts lost state ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Ferlazzo stopped working for school districts that are members of the HFM BOCES. The firm is now working ... cost taxpayers in those school districts more money. "We are now ... listed as pension-eligible HFM BOCES employees when they should ...

Article: FULTON-MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFERS COLLEGE IN HIGH SCHOOL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 15, 2006 ;     676 words ... ... approved courses at five school districts; by 2005 there were twenty ... courses taught in nine school districts. Participating school districts include: Amsterdam, Broadalbin ... Fultonville, Fort Plain, HFM BOCES, Mayfield, Northville ...

Article: 4 taken off state pension system; Comptroller says attorneys were ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... elsewhere. The HFM BOCES also has fired ... s roughly 700 school districts as well as thousands ... discrepancy. HFM BOCES officials couldn ... services to local school districts, such as special ... would refund the HFM BOCES any money it contributed ... Capital ...

Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES CAPITAL REGION LAWYER TO PAY ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Educational Services (HFM BOCES), where he accrued ... improperly listed as HFM BOCES employees for the purpose ... indicia of employment at HFM BOCES to have been properly ... New York State, all school districts and the 37 Boards of ...

Article: Seeking bigger school districts: Senate proposal ...
Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho);  February 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... miles and pass through three different school districts. It's about a 10-minute drive ... Shoshone, Dietrich and Richfield school districts, which have fewer than 1,000 students ... is proposing to offer incentives to school districts that want to bring those worlds together ...

Article: Two-Thirds of School Districts Plan to Keep 2007-08 ...
U.S. Newswire;  April 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Two-thirds of Pennsylvania school districts have adopted a preliminary budget ... The Taxpayer Relief Act requires school districts that seek to raise property taxes ... that were established to ensure that school districts can meet costs over which they have ...