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Apr 26, 2012 | referred to education |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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A9955 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6915
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง2590-b & 2590-h, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014: A792, S1406
2015-2016: A1814, S904
2017-2018: A6440, S3730
2019-2020: A3922, S840
2021-2022: S4466
A9955 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the appointment of members of the New York city school board of education; increases membership to thirteen and includes parent representatives, a member from a college or university and a member of a community district education council; provides that the board shall appoint the chancellor.
A9955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9955 I N A S S E M B L Y April 26, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the members and powers of the board of education of the city school district of 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. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board of education of the city school district of the city of New York is hereby continued. Such board of education shall consist of thirteen appointed members: one member to be appointed by each borough president of the city of New York; FOUR BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A MEMBER OF PARENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION COUNCIL; and [eight] FOUR members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York. The chancellor shall serve as an ex-officio non-voting member of the city board. The city board shall elect its own chairperson from among its voting members. All thirteen appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and shall not be employed in any capacity by the city of New York, or a subdivision thereof, or the city board. No appointed member of the city board shall also be a member, officer, or employee of any public corporation, authority, or commission where the mayor of the city of New York has a majority of the appointments. Each borough president's appointee shall be a resident of the borough for which the borough pres- ident appointing him or her was elected and shall be the parent of a child attending a public school within the city school district of the city of New York. Each mayoral appointee shall be a resident of the city and [two] ONE shall be [parents] A PARENT of a child attending a public school within the city district. All parent members shall be eligible to continue to serve on the city board for two years following the conclusion of their child's attendance at a public school within the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.