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                                 5397--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MILLMAN, JAFFEE, MILLER, MAISEL, DINOWITZ --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BRENNAN,  GLICK  --  read  once  and
  referred  to  the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to eliminating the waiver
  of qualification requirements for school superintendents in the school
  districts located in cities having a population of one million or more
  residents, limiting the term of the chancellor's service and requiring
  the  selection  of  the chancellor to be made from a list submitted by
  the city board

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 3003 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 149 of the laws  of  1974,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  [The]  EXCEPT IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN CITIES HAVING A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE  RESIDENTS,  THE  commissioner,  at  the
request  of  a  board  of  education or board of cooperative educational
services, may provide for the issuance of a certificate  as  superinten-
dent  of  schools to exceptionally qualified persons who do not meet all
of the graduate course or teaching requirements of  subdivision  one  of
this  section,  but  whose  exceptional  training and experience are the
substantial equivalent of such requirements and qualify such persons for
the duties of a superintendent of schools.
  S 2. 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:
  S 2590-h. Powers and duties of chancellor. 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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[by contract. The length of such contract shall not exceed by more  than
two years the term of office of the mayor authorizing such contract] FOR
TWO-YEAR  RENEWABLE  TERMS. THE MAYOR SHALL SELECT THE CHANCELLOR FROM A
LIST  OF  THREE  CANDIDATES  PROPOSED  BY THE CITY BOARD. 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 poli-
cies of the city board. The chancellor 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  3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments to section 2590-h 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.