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Assembly Bill A6979

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the powers and duties of the city board

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2021-A6979 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2590-g, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7652
2019-2020: A5116

2021-A6979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the powers and duties of the city board; provides that any city board vote concerning the co-location of a school shall be held in the same borough as the proposed co-location.

2021-A6979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6979
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DAVILA, BARRON, SIMON, GLICK, HYNDMAN, JOYNER --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DE LA ROSA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the powers and  duties
   of the city board
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of  section  2590-g  of  the
 education  law,  as amended by section 43-f of part YYY of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) approve proposals for all school closures or  significant  changes
 in  school  utilization  including the phase-out, grade reconfiguration,
 re-siting, or co-location of schools, following any hearing pursuant  to
 subdivision  two-a of section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this arti-
 cle. If the city board approves such a proposal that the relevant commu-
 nity council affirmatively voted against pursuant to  subdivision  twen-
 ty-one  of  section  twenty-five  hundred  ninety-e of this article, the
 board shall provide such council an explanation for  its  determination.
 ANY VOTE BY THE BOARD APPROVING A PROPOSED CO-LOCATION OF A SCHOOL SHALL
 BE HELD IN THE SAME BOROUGH AS THE PROPOSED CO-LOCATION.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of  section  2590-g  of
 the  education  law  made  by  section one of this act shall survive the
 expiration and reversion of such section as provided in  section  34  of
 chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10906-01-1

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