Assembly Bill A10942

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10942
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2018
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  the  composition  of
   community district education councils
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  5  of
 section  2590-b  of  the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of the
 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) nine voting members who shall be parents of students who are in  a
 bilingual  or English as a second language program conducted pursuant to
 section thirty-two hundred four of this chapter, some  of  whom  may  be
 parents of students who have been in such a program within the preceding
 [two]  SIX years, to be selected by parents of students who receive such
 services pursuant to a representative process developed by the  chancel-
 lor. Such members shall serve a two year term;
   §  2.  Subparagraph  2  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 6 of section
 2590-c of the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of  the  laws  of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  If  such  vacancy  results in the council not having at least one
 member who is a parent of a student who is an English  language  learner
 or  who  has been an English language learner within the preceding [two]
 SIX years, or results in the council not having at least one member  who
 is  a  parent of a student with an individualized education program, the
 community council shall select a parent having  such  qualifications  to
 fill the vacancy.
   § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section 2590-c of the education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 103 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (c) develop selection procedures for community council  members  which
 shall attempt to ensure membership that reflects a representative cross-
 section  of  the communities within the school district and diversity of
 the student  population  including  those  with  particular  educational
 needs, shall include consideration of the enrollment figures within each
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 community  district  and the potential disparity of such enrollment from
 school to school within the district, and  shall  ensure  that,  to  the
 extent  possible,  a  school  may have no more than one parent represen-
 tative  on  the  community council. Such procedures shall ensure that at
 least one position on the community council is filled by a parent  of  a
 student  who  is  an English language learner or who has been an English
 language learner within the preceding [two] SIX years, and at least  one
 position  is  filled  by  a  parent  of a student with an individualized
 education program, and shall allow for the seven remaining positions  to
 be filled by parents who are otherwise eligible.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5  of
 section  2590-b  of  the  education  law made by section one of this act
 shall not affect the repeal of such  subdivision  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed  therewith;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  amendments to
 section 2590-c of the education law made by sections two  and  three  of
 this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
 repealed therewith.