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                                   6127
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City  Educa-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT establishing a commission on New York city school governance and
   mayoral accountability
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  A  state commission, to be known as the commission on New
 York  city  school  governance  and  mayoral  accountability,  hereafter
 referred  to  as the commission, is hereby created to critically examine
 the effectiveness of the current school governance system and to identi-
 fy shortcomings and develop recommendations for improving the  New  York
 city public school governance system.
   §  2.  The  members  of  the  commission  shall consist of elected and
 appointed parent leaders, students,  administrators,  teachers,  support
 staff,  and community members who are education advocates. All appointed
 members shall be appointed by  the  chancellor  of  the  New  York  city
 department of education.
   §  3.  (a)  For the accomplishment of its purposes, the commission may
 meet and hold public and/or  private  hearings  within  or  without  the
 state, and shall have all the powers of a legislative committee pursuant
 to  the  legislative  law. The commission is authorized and empowered to
 undertake any studies, inquiries, surveys or analyses it may deem  rele-
 vant  through  its  own personnel or in cooperation with or by agreement
 with any other public or private agency.
   (b) To the maximum extent feasible, the  commission  may  request  and
 shall be entitled to receive and shall utilize and be provided with such
 facilities,  resources and data from any court in the state and from any
 subdivision, department, board, bureau, commission,  office,  agency  or
 other instrumentality of the state or of any political subdivision ther-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11902-01-9
              

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 eof  as  it deems necessary or desirable for the proper execution of its
 powers and duties and to effectuate the purposes set forth in this act.
   §  4.  The  commission  shall make recommendations and a report of its
 findings. The commission shall submit such  recommendations  and  report
 developed  by  it  relating  to  issues  involving the school governance
 system in New York city public schools,  including  any  recommendations
 for  legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate, to the
 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
 assembly no later than the thirty-first day of December in the year next
 succeeding  the  year  in  which  this  act shall have become a law. The
 commission shall issue a binding recommendation which shall be presented
 to the legislature to completely accept or reject such recommendation.
   § 5. This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided  that  the
 provisions  of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the first
 day next succeeding the date of the submission of the report as required
 in section four of this act; and provided  further,  however,  that  the
 commission  shall  notify  the legislative bill drafting commission upon
 the submission of its report as provided for in section four of this act
 in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effec-
 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state or New York
 in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.