Senate Bill S5768

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the scheduling of annual meetings of boards of education

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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-S5768 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7708
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2504 & 2502, Ed L

2019-S5768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the scheduling of annual meetings of boards of education.

2019-S5768 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5768
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  scheduling  of
   annual meetings of boards of education
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  2504  of  the  education  law  is
 renumbered  subdivision  3  and  a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
 follows:
   2. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY, HOWEVER, BY RESOLUTION, DETERMINE  THAT
 THE  ANNUAL MEETING BE HELD AT ANY TIME DURING THE FIRST FIFTEEN DAYS IN
 THE MONTH OF JULY, AT A TIME TO BE DECIDED BY THE BOARD.
   § 2. Paragraph o of subdivision 9-a of section 2502 of  the  education
 law, as amended by chapter 36 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as
 follows:
   o.  The  members so elected to the board of education shall convene on
 the first business day in July of each  year,  UNLESS  ANOTHER  DATE  IS
 CHOSEN  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, at
 the time of the commencement of their term of  office  and  select  from
 their members a president who shall serve for a term of one year.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11724-02-9

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