Enacts the "New York City Panel for Education Policy Members Public Responsibility Act" requiring a quorum of the members of the city board to attend any hearing scheduled for purposes of allowing public comment on changes to educational plans for the school district of the city of New York.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 25, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "New York
city panel for education policy members public responsibility act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
city panel for education policy members public responsibility act".
S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 2590-g of the education law is amended
by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
(D)(I) A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD MUST ATTEND ANY HEAR-
ING SCHEDULED FOR PURPOSES OF ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS AS PROVIDED IN
THIS SUBDIVISION. THE CITY BOARD MAY NOT VOTE ON ANY MEASURE FOR WHICH A
PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED OR SET BY THE PANEL UNLESS A QUORUM OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD ATTENDED THE HEARING RELATING TO SUCH MEASURE.
(II) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH:
(1) "QUORUM" MEANS ONE-HALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD PLUS ONE
ADDITIONAL MEMBER; AND
(2) "ATTENDANCE" MEANS PERSONALLY RECORDED TO BE PRESENT IN AN OFFI-
CIAL CAPACITY DURING AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE HEARING.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to section 2590-g of the education law made by section
two 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.
LBD15500-04-2
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