Senate Bill S3739

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that the NYS board of regents holds at least 2 meetings a year in the city of New York

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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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2017-S3739 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6437
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6322, A9127
2013-2014: S1411, A5313
2015-2016: S965, A3061
2019-2020: S789, A3921

2017-S3739 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the NYS board of regents hold at least 2 meetings a year in New York city and requires announcements of the time, date, location and agenda thereof.

2017-S3739 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3739 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3739
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADDABBO, AVELLA, COMRIE, PARKER, PERKINS
   -- 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 requiring that the New
   York  state  board of regents hold at least two meetings a year in the
   city of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 204 of the education law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 5 and 6 to read as follows:
   5. A. THE REGENTS SHALL HOLD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS  IN  EACH  CALENDAR
 YEAR IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH MEETINGS
 SHALL BE HELD AT A TIME TO ENSURE PARENTAL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
   B.  (I)  THE  REGENTS  SHALL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION, TIME AND AGENDA OF
 EACH MEETING TO BE HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR
 MORE  WHENEVER SUCH MEETING IS SCHEDULED, BUT NOT LATER THAN THREE WEEKS
 BEFORE THE MEETING DATE  TO  ALLOW  ADEQUATE  TIME  FOR  PUBLIC  REVIEW.
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT IF AN AGENDA FOR ANY SUCH MEETING IS NOT AVAIL-
 ABLE, SUCH AGENDA SHALL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
   (II) SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE REGENTS' PUBLIC
 WEBSITE AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION  WEBSITE  IN  THE
 SAME  MANNER  AS  OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. THE NEW YORK CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL INFORM PARENT EDUCATION ADVOCATES,  TEACH-
 ERS,  PRINCIPALS  AND  OTHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF THE LOCATION, TIME
 AND AGENDA OF SUCH MEETINGS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR MORE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "PARENT
 EDUCATION ADVOCATES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PARENT ASSOCI-
 ATIONS, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS, PRESIDENTS
 COUNCILS, DISTRICT  LEADERSHIP  TEAMS  AND  CITYWIDE  AND  COMMUNITYWIDE
 EDUCATION COUNCILS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08515-01-7

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