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Assembly Bill A4449
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRENNAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-A4449 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A4449 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a parent participation board in each community school district in the city school district of the city of New York; directs such boards to each establish an office of education ombudsperson; directs borough presidents to establish and maintain parent academies to provide training to parents and members of parent participation boards.
2011-A4449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4449 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a parent participation board and an office of education ombudsperson for each community school district in the city school district of the city of New York, and directing each borough president of the city of New York to establish a parent academy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding three new sections 2590-cc, 2590-ee and 2590-v to read as follows: S 2590-CC. PARENT PARTICIPATION BOARDS; COMPOSITION, POWERS AND DUTIES. 1. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED A PARENT PARTIC- IPATION BOARD WITHIN EACH COMMUNITY DISTRICT. EACH PARENT PARTICIPATION BOARD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF FIFTY-ONE VOTING MEMBERS, EACH OF WHOM SHALL SERVE A TERM OF TWO YEARS. SUCH MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: (A) SEVENTEEN MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT IS LOCATED; (B) SEVENTEEN MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; AND (C) SEVENTEEN MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF EACH HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE. 2. OF THE MEMBERS APPOINTED TO A PARENT PARTICIPATION BOARD: (A) NOT LESS THAN ONE MEMBER SHALL BE THE PARENT OF AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER ATTENDING A SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT; (B) NOT LESS THAN ONE MEMBER SHALL BE THE PARENT OF A STUDENT RECEIV- ING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN A SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT; (C) NOT LESS THAN ONE MEMBER SHALL BE OR HAVE BEEN A GRADUATING SENIOR FROM A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT DURING HIS OR HER TERM OF OFFICE; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07730-01-1
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