Assembly Bill A8264

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements associated with the New York city community school district system

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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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2019-A8264 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5877
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2590-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2406, S1110

2019-A8264 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requirements associated with the New York city community school district system; permits city-wide council presidents to vote for a member of the city board; and allows parents whose children who at any time in the past enrolled in a bilingual or English as a second language program to serve on the city-wide council on English language learners.

2019-A8264 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8264
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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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