The New York State Senate

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                                  3922

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 31, 2019
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Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, RIVERA, PERRY, MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  ARROYO, COOK -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mayoral control of the
  city school district of 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.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  2590-b  of  the
education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a)  The board of education of the city school district of the city of
New York is hereby continued. Such board of education shall  consist  of
thirteen  appointed  members: one member to be appointed by each borough
president of the city of New York; FOUR BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF WHOM
SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, ONE OF WHOM  SHALL
BE A MEMBER OF PARENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A MEMBER OF
A  COMMUNITY  DISTRICT EDUCATION COUNCIL; and [eight] FOUR members to be
appointed by the mayor of the city of New  York.  The  chancellor  shall
serve  as  an  ex-officio  non-voting member of the city board. The city
board shall elect its own chairperson from among its voting members. All
thirteen appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
authority and shall not be employed in any capacity by the city  of  New
York,  or  a subdivision thereof, or the city board. No appointed member
of the city board shall also be a member, officer, or  employee  of  any
public corporation, authority, or commission where the mayor of the city
of New York has a majority of the appointments. Each borough president's
appointee shall be a resident of the borough for which the borough pres-
ident  appointing  him  or  her was elected and shall be the parent of a
child attending a public school within the city school district  of  the
city  of  New  York.   Each mayoral appointee shall be a resident of the
city and [two] ONE shall be [parents] A PARENT of a  child  attending  a

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

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public  school  within  the city district.   All parent members shall be
eligible to continue to serve on the city board for two years  following
the conclusion of their child's attendance at a public school within the
city  district. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the appro-
priate appointing authority within ninety days of such vacancy. Notwith-
standing any provision of local law, the members of the board shall  not
have  staff,  offices,  or  vehicles assigned to them or receive compen-
sation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for  the  actual  and
necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
  §  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:
  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]  CITY  BOARD  of the city of New York by contract. The length of
such contract shall not exceed by more than two years the term of office
of the [mayor] CITY BOARD  authorizing  such  contract.  The  chancellor
shall  receive a salary to be fixed by the [mayor] CITY BOARD 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 educa-
tional policies of the city board. The chancellor shall have the follow-
ing  powers and duties as the superintendent of schools and chief execu-
tive 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:
  § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
1  of  section 2590-b and the opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the
education law made by sections one and two of this act shall not  affect
the  expiration  of such provisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
with.