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Jan 03, 2018 | referred to education |
Jun 21, 2017 | committed to rules |
May 15, 2017 | advanced to third reading |
May 10, 2017 | 2nd report cal. |
May 09, 2017 | 1st report cal.825 |
Jan 09, 2017 | referred to education |
senate Bill S1434
Sponsored By
Patty Ritchie
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
John J. Bonacic
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Kemp Hannon
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Kathleen A. Marchione
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Michael H. Ranzenhofer
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S1434 (ACTIVE) - Details
S1434 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1434 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing a live webcast for meetings of the board of regents PURPOSE : To require that each meeting of the Board of Regents be streamed live and be made available to the public. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 adds a new section 204-a to the education law to require that the entirety of each meeting of the regents be live webcast and made available on the State Education Department's (SED) website. SED would be required to archive each meeting for no less than two years. The Department shall notify each school district superintendent of the upcoming regents meeting and provide information on the availability of and where to obtain the live webcast. Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION :
S1434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1434 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, BONACIC, HANNON, MARCHIONE, RANZENHOFER, SERINO, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing a live webcast for meetings of the board of regents THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 204-a to read as follows: § 204-A. WEBCASTING MEETINGS. 1. THE ENTIRETY OF EACH MEETING OF THE REGENTS SHALL BE LIVE WEBCAST AND BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH MEETING, AND ARCHIVED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN TWO YEARS, WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE LAST MEETING. THE DEPART- MENT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, VIA THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE LIVE WEBCAST OF SUCH MEETING. THE REQUIRE- MENT TO LIVE WEBCAST THE ENTIRETY OF EACH MEETING SHALL NOT INCLUDE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "MEETING" SHALL INCLUDE ANY COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, TASK FORCE OR SUBGROUP OF THE REGENTS. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02790-01-7
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