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                                   5877
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City 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.