senate Bill S7321

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the appointment of a monitor to oversee the Hempstead union free school district; repealer

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 03, 2020 signed chap.19
Jan 30, 2020 delivered to governor
Jan 27, 2020 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading cal.350
substituted for a9079a
Jan 21, 2020 referred to education
delivered to assembly
passed senate
ordered to third reading cal.208
Jan 17, 2020 referred to rules

S7321 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9079
Law Section:
Education
Laws Affected:
Rpld Chap of 2019 (as proposed in S.6559 & A.8403)

S7321 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the appointment of a monitor to oversee the Hempstead union free school district.

S7321 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7321

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 17, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to repeal a chapter of the laws of 2019, authorizing the  commis-
  sioner  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 as proposed in legislative
  bills numbers S.6559  and  A.8403;  authorizing  the  commissioner  of
  education  to  appoint  a  monitor to oversee the Hempstead union free
  school district and establishing the powers and duties of  such  moni-
  tor;  and  providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expira-
  tion thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. A chapter of the laws of 2019, 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 as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S.6559 and A.8403, is REPEALED.
  § 2. 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; and
  (f)  "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 a
current board member or a board member's spouse or domestic partner.
  § 3. Appointment of a monitor.  The  commissioner  shall  appoint  one
monitor  to provide oversight, guidance and technical assistance related
to the educational and fiscal policies, practices,  programs  and  deci-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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