S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8264
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 11, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requirements associ-
ated with the New York city community school district system
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Clause (B) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
sion 1 of section 2590-b of the education law, as amended by section
43-b of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
as follows:
(B) Commencing on July first, two thousand twenty, the board of educa-
tion shall consist of fifteen members: one member to be appointed by
each borough president of the city of New York, one member to be elected
by community district education AND CITY-WIDE council presidents, and
nine members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York. On or
before December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen, the chancellor
shall promulgate regulations establishing a process for community
district education AND CITY-WIDE council presidents to elect a member of
the board, and processes for removal of such member and for the filling
of such position in the event of a vacancy. The first member elected by
community district education AND CITY-WIDE council presidents pursuant
to such regulations shall take office on July first, two thousand twenty
and shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two thousand twen-
ty-two. Thereafter, the member elected by community district education
council presidents shall serve for a two year term commencing on July
first.
§ 2. 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] AT
ANY TIME IN THE PAST ENROLLED in a bilingual or English as a second
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 years] AT ANY TIME IN THE
PAST, to be selected by parents of students who receive OR HAVE EVER
RECEIVED such services pursuant to a representative process developed by
the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;
§ 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
2590-b of the education law, as amended by section 43-g of part YYY of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows
(i) ten voting members who shall be parents of students attending
public high schools. For councils whose terms begin prior to two thou-
sand twenty, two members representing each borough shall be selected by
presidents and officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers'
associations in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established
by the chancellor. For councils whose terms begin in two thousand twen-
ty-one and thereafter, two members representing each borough shall be
SELECTED BY parents of public high school students in the relevant
borough, pursuant to a process established by the chancellor. Such
members shall serve a two year term, and shall be eligible to continue
serving their term following the conclusion of their child's attendance
at a public high school;
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the amendments to section 2590-b of the education law made by sections
one, two and three of this act shall not affect the expiration or repeal
of such provisions and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.