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Assembly Bill A11549

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the powers and duties of the chancellor of education in the city of New York

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2009-A11549 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2590-h, Ed L

2009-A11549 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the powers and duties of the chancellor of education in city of New York.

2009-A11549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11549

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 24, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Maisel) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the powers and  duties
  of the chancellor of education in the city of New York

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 2590-h  of  the  education
law,  as  amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
as follows:
  The office of chancellor of the city  district  is  hereby  continued.
Such  chancellor  shall  serve at the pleasure of and be employed by the
mayor of the city of New York by contract, WITH THE ADVICE  AND  CONSENT
OF  THE  NEW  YORK CITY COUNCIL.   The length of such contract shall not
exceed by more than two years the term of office of the mayor  authoriz-
ing  such contract. The chancellor shall receive a salary to be fixed by
the mayor within the budgetary allocation  therefor.  He  or  she  shall
exercise  all  his or her powers and duties in a manner not inconsistent
with the city-wide educational policies of the city board. The  chancel-
lor  shall have the following powers and duties as the superintendent of
schools and chief executive officer for the  city  district,  which  the
chancellor  shall  exercise  to promote an equal educational opportunity
for all students in the schools of the city district, promote fiscal and
educational equity, increase student achievement and school  performance
and  encourage  local  school-based  innovation, including the power and
duty to:
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however,  that
the  amendments to the opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the educa-
tion law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration
of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17284-01-0

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