Assembly Bill A6431

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "New York City Panel for Education Policy Members Public Responsibility Act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6431 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2824
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2590-g, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10409, S7673
2013-2014: A4811, S3615
2017-2018: A2949, S2629
2019-2020: A6486, S401
2021-2022: A1662, S4494
2023-2024: S2840
2025-2026: S3720

2015-A6431 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York City Panel for Education Policy Members Public Responsibility Act" requiring a quorum of the members of the city board to attend any hearing scheduled for purposes of allowing public comment on changes to educational plans for the school district of the city of New York.

2015-A6431 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6431

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 24, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY, COLTON, WEPRIN -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "New York
  city panel for education policy members public responsibility act"

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

  Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
city panel for education policy members public responsibility act".
  S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 2590-g of the education law  is  amended
by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D)(I) A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD MUST ATTEND ANY HEAR-
ING  SCHEDULED  FOR  PURPOSES OF ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS AS PROVIDED IN
THIS SUBDIVISION. THE CITY BOARD MAY NOT VOTE ON ANY MEASURE FOR WHICH A
PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED OR SET BY THE PANEL UNLESS A  QUORUM  OF  THE
MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD ATTENDED THE HEARING RELATING TO SUCH MEASURE.
  (II) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH:
  (1)  "QUORUM" MEANS ONE-HALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD PLUS ONE
ADDITIONAL MEMBER; AND
  (2) "ATTENDANCE" MEANS PERSONALLY RECORDED TO BE PRESENT IN  AN  OFFI-
CIAL CAPACITY DURING AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE HEARING.
  S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to section 2590-g 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.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01238-01-5

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