The Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Educational Services provides educational leadership, services and support to meet the needs of our students and school districts.
We are called GST BOCES, but our full legal name is Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BOCES.



What is BOCES?


There are 37 BOCES in New York State, and they exist to help the state’s 721 school districts better serve their students through collaboration and cost containment.



School districts depend on BOCES to meet their educational and financial goals by developing shared programs that serve children from all districts regardless of enrollment, income or size of tax base. BOCES help to relieve some of the financial burdens increasingly placed on local taxpayers.



Who we serve

BOCES serve 21 school districts in the Southern Tier of New York.



What we do


GST BOCES provides dozens of services, from adult education to special education to food service management. Click here to download our current Services Guide. A complete list of services is at the bottom of this page.



Our mission


GST BOCES is an education service organization driven by customer need and a commitment to excellence, whose mission is to ensure the success of our diverse learners, parents, community members, schools and businesses by providing collaboratively inspired, cost-effective, quality programs in an atmosphere that is safe and supportive.



We are accountable


BOCES operates within a well-defined structure of financial accountability for effectiveness and efficiency. Subject to state audits and governed by a board of education, BOCES adhere to strict reporting requirements for programs and facilities. Click here for the latest NYS Comptroller's audit report.