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