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Assembly Bill A9127

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires that the NYS board of regents holds at least 2 meetings a year in New York city

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2011-A9127 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6322
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5313, S1411
2015-2016: A3061, S965
2017-2018: A6437, S3739
2019-2020: A3921, S789

2011-A9127 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the NYS board of regents hold at least 2 meetings a year in New York city and requires announcements of the time, date, location and agenda thereof.

2011-A9127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 6322                                                  A. 9127

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2012
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Higher
  Education

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. N. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M.  of  A.  ARROYO, BARRON, CAMARA, CASTRO, CRESPO, ESPINAL, JEFFRIES,
  LINARES, MENG, ORTIZ, J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, SIMOTAS,  TITUS
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to monthly meetings of
  the New York state board of regents

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

  Section  1.  Section  204  of  the education law is amended to read as
follows:
  S 204. Meetings and absences. 1. The regents may provide  for  regular
meetings,  and  the chancellor, or the commissioner of education, or any
five regents, may at any time call a special meeting  of  the  board  of
regents  and  fix  the  time  and place therefor; and at least ten days'
notice of every meeting shall be mailed to the  usual  address  of  each
regent.
  2.  If  any  regent  shall  fail to attend three consecutive meetings,
without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, he may be deemed
to have resigned and the regents shall then report the  vacancy  to  the
legislature, which shall fill it.
  3.  A.  THE  REGENTS SHALL HOLD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS IN EACH CALENDAR
YEAR IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH MEETINGS
SHALL BE HELD AT A TIME TO ENSURE PARENTAL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
  B. (I) THE REGENTS SHALL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION,  TIME  AND  AGENDA  OF
EACH  MEETING TO BE HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
MORE WHENEVER SUCH MEETING IS SCHEDULED, BUT NOT LATER THAN THREE  WEEKS
BEFORE  THE  MEETING  DATE  TO  ALLOW  ADEQUATE  TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF AN AGENDA FOR ANY SUCH MEETING IS NOT  AVAIL-
ABLE, SUCH AGENDA SHALL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14062-01-2

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