Assembly Bill A8403

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizing the commissioner of education and the chancellor of the board of regents, with the approval of the board of regents, to appoint monitors to oversee the Hempstead union free school district

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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-A8403 (ACTIVE) - Details

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2019-A8403 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education and the chancellor of the board of regents, with the approval of the board of regents, to appoint monitors to oversee the Hempstead union free school district.

2019-A8403 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 6559                                                  A. 8403
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RAYNOR -- read once  and  referred
   to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  authorizing the commissioner of education and the chancellor of
   the board of regents, with the approval of the board  of  regents,  to
   appoint  monitors to oversee the Hempstead union free school district;
   and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
   of
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Definitions. As used in this act:
   (a) "commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of education;
   (b) "department" shall mean the state education department;
   (c)  "board of education" or "board" shall mean the board of education
 of the Hempstead union free school district;
   (d) "school district" or "district" shall  mean  the  Hempstead  union
 free school district;
   (e)  "superintendent"  shall  mean the superintendent of the Hempstead
 union free school district;
   (f) "comptroller" shall mean the state comptroller; and
   (g) "relatives" shall mean a  Hempstead  union  free  school  district
 board  member's  spouse, domestic partner, child, stepchild, stepparent,
 or any person who is a direct descendant  of  the  grandparents  of  the
 current  board  member or of the board member's spouse or domestic part-
 ner.
   § 2. Appointment of a panel of monitors. (a) A panel of three monitors
 shall be appointed pursuant to this section for the purpose of providing
 oversight of the school district. The commissioner, with the approval of
 the board of regents, shall appoint two monitors to  provide  oversight,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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