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                                   5357
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FITZPATRICK, MONTESANO, TAGUE, FINCH, SALKA --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, KOLB, MANK-
   TELOW, RAIA, THIELE -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to electronic and print
   publication of certain school  district  reports,  and  to  amend  the
   general municipal law, in relation to additional definitions
 
   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 2-e to
 read as follows:
   § 2-E. PUBLICATION OF SCHOOL  REPORTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  CONTRARY
 PROVISION  OF LAW OR REGULATION, NO LATER THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER
 THE APPROVAL BY ANY TRUSTEE, PRINCIPAL, OFFICER, OR BOARD  OF  EDUCATION
 OF  ANY  PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ANY BOCES, CITY, UNION FREE, COMMON OR CENTRAL
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY CHARTER SCHOOL, SUCH SCHOOL SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE
 ON  A  SCHOOL  OR  DISTRICT SPONSORED WEBSITE AND IN PRINTED FORM AT THE
 DISTRICT OFFICE ALL AUDIT REPORTS, PROPOSED AND ENACTED BUDGETS, EXPEND-
 ITURE  REPORTS,  UNION  CONTRACTS,  SUPERINTENDENT  CONTRACTS,  AND  THE
 MINUTES OF ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 810 of the general municipal law, as
 amended by section 5 of part J of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  The  term "local officer or employee" shall mean A SUPERINTENDENT,
 DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL AS WELL AS the heads
 (other than local elected officials) of any  agency,  department,  divi-
 sion,  council,  board, commission, or bureau of a political subdivision
 and their deputies and assistants, and the  officers  and  employees  of
 such  agencies,  departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or
 councils who hold policy-making positions, as annually determined by the
 appointing authority and set forth in a written instrument  which  shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD05979-01-9

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 be  filed with the appropriate body during the month of February; except
 that the term "local officer  or  employee"  shall  not  mean  a  judge,
 justice, officer or employee of the unified court system. Members, offi-
 cers,  and employees of each industrial development agency and authority
 established by this chapter or created by  the  public  authorities  law
 shall  be  deemed officers or employees of the county, city, village, or
 town for whose benefit  such  agency  or  authority  is  established  or
 created.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.