{
 "checked": "2026-11-08",
 "sources": [
  "https://www.p12.nysed.gov/mgtserv/boces/",
  "https://www.p12.nysed.gov/ds/directory.html",
  "https://www.boces.org/regional-boces-directory/",
  "https://www.ricone.org/ricsboces"
 ],
 "note": "Big 5 city school districts (New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers) are not BOCES members.",
 "boces": [
  {
   "name": "Capital Region BOCES",
   "legal": "Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES",
   "region": "Capital Region",
   "counties": [
    "Albany",
    "Schoharie",
    "Schenectady",
    "Saratoga"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.capitalregionboces.org/",
   "ric": "NERIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Questar III",
   "legal": "Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES",
   "region": "Capital Region",
   "counties": [
    "Rensselaer",
    "Columbia",
    "Greene"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.questar.org/",
   "ric": "NERIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "WSWHE BOCES",
   "legal": "Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES",
   "region": "Capital Region",
   "counties": [
    "Washington",
    "Saratoga",
    "Warren",
    "Hamilton",
    "Essex"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.wswheboces.org/",
   "ric": "NERIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES",
   "legal": "Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES",
   "region": "Central New York",
   "counties": [
    "Cayuga",
    "Onondaga"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.cayboces.org/",
   "ric": "CNYRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "CiTi (Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation)",
   "legal": "Oswego County BOCES",
   "region": "Central New York",
   "counties": [
    "Oswego"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.citiboces.org/",
   "ric": "CNYRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Madison-Oneida BOCES",
   "legal": "Madison-Oneida BOCES",
   "region": "Central New York",
   "counties": [
    "Madison",
    "Oneida"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.moboces.org/",
   "ric": "MORIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "OCM BOCES",
   "legal": "Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES",
   "region": "Central New York",
   "counties": [
    "Onondaga",
    "Cortland",
    "Madison"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.ocmboces.org/",
   "ric": "CNYRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES",
   "legal": "Otsego-Delaware-Schoharie-Greene BOCES",
   "region": "Central New York",
   "counties": [
    "Otsego",
    "Delaware",
    "Schoharie",
    "Greene"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.oncboces.org/",
   "ric": "SCRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Genesee Valley BOCES",
   "legal": "Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES",
   "region": "Finger Lakes",
   "counties": [
    "Genesee",
    "Livingston",
    "Steuben",
    "Wyoming"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.gvboces.org/",
   "ric": "EduTech"
  },
  {
   "name": "Monroe 1 BOCES",
   "legal": "Monroe County BOCES",
   "region": "Finger Lakes",
   "counties": [
    "Monroe"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.monroe.edu/",
   "ric": "Monroe RIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES",
   "legal": "Monroe-Orleans BOCES",
   "region": "Finger Lakes",
   "counties": [
    "Monroe",
    "Orleans"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.monroe2boces.org/",
   "ric": "Monroe RIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "TST BOCES",
   "legal": "Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES",
   "region": "Finger Lakes",
   "counties": [
    "Tompkins",
    "Seneca",
    "Tioga"
   ],
   "website": "https://tstboces.org/",
   "ric": "CNYRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES",
   "legal": "Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne BOCES",
   "region": "Finger Lakes",
   "counties": [
    "Ontario",
    "Seneca",
    "Yates",
    "Cayuga",
    "Wayne"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.wflboces.org/",
   "ric": "EduTech"
  },
  {
   "name": "Dutchess BOCES",
   "legal": "Dutchess County BOCES",
   "region": "Hudson Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Dutchess"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.dcboces.org/",
   "ric": "MHRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Orange-Ulster BOCES",
   "legal": "Orange-Ulster BOCES",
   "region": "Hudson Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Orange",
    "Ulster"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.ouboces.org/",
   "ric": "MHRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES",
   "legal": "Putnam-Westchester BOCES",
   "region": "Hudson Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Putnam",
    "Westchester"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.pnwboces.org/",
   "ric": "LHRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Rockland BOCES",
   "legal": "Rockland County BOCES",
   "region": "Hudson Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Rockland"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.rocklandboces.org/",
   "ric": "LHRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Southern Westchester BOCES",
   "legal": "Westchester County BOCES",
   "region": "Hudson Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Westchester"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.swboces.org/",
   "ric": "LHRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Sullivan BOCES",
   "legal": "Sullivan County BOCES",
   "region": "Hudson Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Sullivan"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.scboces.org/",
   "ric": "MHRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Ulster BOCES",
   "legal": "Ulster County BOCES",
   "region": "Hudson Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Ulster"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.ulsterboces.org/",
   "ric": "MHRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Eastern Suffolk BOCES",
   "legal": "Suffolk County BOCES (Eastern Suffolk)",
   "region": "Long Island",
   "counties": [
    "Suffolk"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.esboces.org/",
   "ric": "Suffolk RIC",
   "highlights": [
    "Career and technical education at three technical centers: Bixhorn Tech, Milliken Tech and Ward Tech (academyli.org)",
    "Special education schools and related services",
    "Adult Education: High School Equivalency (GED), ESL, Eastern Suffolk School of Practical Nursing, career courses",
    "Regional Summer School (2026 sites: Bay Shore and Sayville)",
    "Long Island RBERN (bilingual education support) and ENL/Bilingual programs",
    "Suffolk RIC (data, technology, data privacy services), cooperative bidding, Arts-in-Education, School Library System, Regional Certification office"
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Nassau BOCES",
   "legal": "Nassau County BOCES",
   "region": "Long Island",
   "counties": [
    "Nassau"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.nassauboces.org/",
   "ric": "Nassau RIC",
   "highlights": [
    "Barry Tech (Westbury) and GC Tech (Levittown) career and technical education",
    "Long Island High School for the Arts (Syosset)",
    "Special education schools such as Carman Road School, Rosemary Kennedy School and Iris Wolfson High School",
    "Twilight Alternative Schools, Regional Summer School, Center for Online Learning",
    "Adult Education, Center for Professional Development, cooperative bidding, Nassau RIC technology services"
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Western Suffolk BOCES",
   "legal": "Suffolk County BOCES (Western Suffolk)",
   "region": "Long Island",
   "counties": [
    "Suffolk"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.wsboces.org/",
   "ric": "Suffolk RIC",
   "highlights": [
    "Wilson Tech career and technical education (Dix Hills, Huntington, Republic Airport and Northport campuses)",
    "Special education: James E. Allen schools, Brennan Middle/High School, Manor Plains High School, Alternate Learning Centers",
    "Full-time career programs for adults",
    "Instructional support: professional development, Model Schools, School Library System, Regional Summer School, Outdoor Environmental Education",
    "Component district list includes Deer Park"
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "HFM BOCES",
   "legal": "Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES",
   "region": "Mohawk Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Hamilton",
    "Fulton",
    "Montgomery"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.hfmboces.org/",
   "ric": "NERIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Herkimer BOCES",
   "legal": "Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES",
   "region": "Mohawk Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Herkimer",
    "Fulton",
    "Hamilton",
    "Otsego"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.herkimer-boces.org/",
   "ric": "MORIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "OHM BOCES",
   "legal": "Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES",
   "region": "Mohawk Valley",
   "counties": [
    "Oneida",
    "Herkimer",
    "Madison"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.oneida-boces.org/",
   "ric": "MORIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Champlain Valley Educational Services (CVES)",
   "legal": "Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES",
   "region": "North Country",
   "counties": [
    "Clinton",
    "Essex",
    "Warren",
    "Washington"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.cves.org/",
   "ric": "NERIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "FEH BOCES",
   "legal": "Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES",
   "region": "North Country",
   "counties": [
    "Franklin",
    "Essex",
    "Hamilton"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.fehb.org/",
   "ric": "NERIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Jefferson-Lewis BOCES",
   "legal": "Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES",
   "region": "North Country",
   "counties": [
    "Jefferson",
    "Lewis",
    "Hamilton",
    "Herkimer",
    "Oneida"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.boces.com/",
   "ric": "MORIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES",
   "legal": "St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES",
   "region": "North Country",
   "counties": [
    "St. Lawrence",
    "Lewis"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.sllboces.org/",
   "ric": "NERIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "CA BOCES",
   "legal": "Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES",
   "region": "Southern Tier",
   "counties": [
    "Cattaraugus",
    "Allegany",
    "Erie",
    "Wyoming"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.caboces.org/",
   "ric": "WNYRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Broome-Tioga BOCES",
   "legal": "Broome-Delaware-Tioga BOCES",
   "region": "Southern Tier",
   "counties": [
    "Broome",
    "Delaware",
    "Tioga"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.btboces.org/",
   "ric": "SCRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "DCMO BOCES",
   "legal": "Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES",
   "region": "Southern Tier",
   "counties": [
    "Delaware",
    "Chenango",
    "Madison",
    "Otsego"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.dcmoboces.com/",
   "ric": "SCRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Greater Southern Tier BOCES",
   "legal": "Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BOCES",
   "region": "Southern Tier",
   "counties": [
    "Schuyler",
    "Steuben",
    "Chemung",
    "Tioga",
    "Allegany"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.gstboces.org/",
   "ric": "GST RIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Erie 1 BOCES",
   "legal": "Erie County BOCES",
   "region": "Western New York",
   "counties": [
    "Erie"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.e1b.org/",
   "ric": "WNYRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (E2CCB)",
   "legal": "Erie-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES",
   "region": "Western New York",
   "counties": [
    "Erie",
    "Chautauqua",
    "Cattaraugus"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.e2ccb.org/",
   "ric": "WNYRIC"
  },
  {
   "name": "Orleans-Niagara BOCES",
   "legal": "Orleans-Niagara BOCES",
   "region": "Western New York",
   "counties": [
    "Orleans",
    "Niagara"
   ],
   "website": "https://www.onboces.org/",
   "ric": "WNYRIC"
  }
 ],
 "rics": [
  {
   "id": "CNYRIC",
   "name": "Central New York RIC",
   "website": "https://www.cnyric.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES",
    "CiTi (Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation)",
    "OCM BOCES",
    "TST BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "EduTech",
   "name": "EduTech (Educational Technology Service)",
   "website": "https://www.edutech.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Genesee Valley BOCES",
    "Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "GST RIC",
   "name": "Greater Southern Tier RIC",
   "website": "https://www.gstboces.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Greater Southern Tier BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "LHRIC",
   "name": "LHRIC (Hudson Valley, southern counties)",
   "website": "https://www.lhric.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES",
    "Rockland BOCES",
    "Southern Westchester BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "MHRIC",
   "name": "Mid-Hudson RIC",
   "website": "https://www.mhric.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Dutchess BOCES",
    "Orange-Ulster BOCES",
    "Sullivan BOCES",
    "Ulster BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "MORIC",
   "name": "Mohawk RIC",
   "website": "https://www.moric.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Madison-Oneida BOCES",
    "Herkimer BOCES",
    "OHM BOCES",
    "Jefferson-Lewis BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "Monroe RIC",
   "name": "Monroe RIC",
   "website": "https://www.monroe.edu/",
   "serves": [
    "Monroe 1 BOCES",
    "Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "Nassau RIC",
   "name": "Nassau RIC",
   "website": "https://www.nassauboces.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Nassau BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "NERIC",
   "name": "Northeastern RIC",
   "website": "https://www.neric.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Capital Region BOCES",
    "Questar III",
    "WSWHE BOCES",
    "HFM BOCES",
    "Champlain Valley Educational Services (CVES)",
    "FEH BOCES",
    "St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "SCRIC",
   "name": "South Central RIC",
   "website": "https://www.southcentralric.org/",
   "serves": [
    "Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES",
    "Broome-Tioga BOCES",
    "DCMO BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "Suffolk RIC",
   "name": "Suffolk RIC",
   "website": "https://www.esboces.org/programs-services/ric",
   "serves": [
    "Eastern Suffolk BOCES",
    "Western Suffolk BOCES"
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "WNYRIC",
   "name": "Western New York RIC",
   "website": "https://www.wnyric.org/",
   "serves": [
    "CA BOCES",
    "Erie 1 BOCES",
    "Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (E2CCB)",
    "Orleans-Niagara BOCES"
   ]
  }
 ]
}