NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4466

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to new york city education
Feb 05, 2021	referred to new york city education

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2021-S4466 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate New York City Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2590-b & 2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6915
2013-2014: S1406
2015-2016: S904
2017-2018: S3730
2019-2020: S840

2021-S4466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the mayoral control of the city school district of the city of New York; relates to the appointment of members of the New York city school board of education; provides four of the members of such board shall be appointed by the city council and shall include parent representatives, a member from a college or university and a member of a community district education council; provides that the board shall appoint the chancellor.

2021-S4466 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4466

SPONSOR: JACKSON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to mayoral control of the
city school district of the city of New York

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to distribute the appointing authori-
ty of the board of education of the city school district of New York
City among each borough president, city council, and mayor of New York
City, to give parents and education professionals a greater voice in the
process, and to grant the authority to appoint the city school district
chancellor to the board of education.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of Section 2590-B of the
Education Law to require that the 13 appointed members of the New York

City Board of Education consist of the following: (1) consistent with
current law, one member to be appointed by each borough president of New
York City, with said member being a resident of the borough and the
parent of a child attending a public school within the city school
district of New York City; (2) four members appointed by the city coun-
cil, one of which must be a representative of a college or university,
one of which must be a member of a parent organization, and one of which
must be a member of a community district education council; and (3) four
members to be appointed by the mayor of New York City. Each mayoral
appointee must be a resident of New York City and one must be a parent
of a child attending a public school within the city district.

Section 2 amends the opening paragraph of Section 2590-H of the Educa-
tion Law to require that the chancellor of the city school district of
New York City be elected by the city school board. The contract length
and salary of the chancellor shall be decided by the city school board.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, members of the city school board of New York City are
appointed by the five borough presidents and the mayor. Those members
appointed by the borough presidents must be parents of a child attending
a public school in the New York City school district.  As such, the
mayor appoints a 8 of the 13 members of the board.  Additionally, the
mayor is currently responsible for appointing the chancellor of the city
school district of New York City, as well as determining the
chancellor's contract length and salary.1;5'

This legislation will require that the New York City Board of Education
be comprised of individuals appointed by several entities.  This fact,
coupled with the proposal that the Board appoint the New York City
school district chancellor, will allow the Board to operate as an inde-
pendent entity apart from the office of the New York City mayor. By
removing mayoral control over the selection of the chancellor, there
will be checks and balances and a chance for public review of decisions
made by the Board to ensure transparency and accountability.
Additionally, this bill will allow those with a vested interest in
education, such as parents of school children and those in higher educa-
tion, to be directly involved in the policy creation and decision making
of the education system.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S.840 - Referred to New York City Education/A:3922 - Referred
to Education
2017-2018: S.3730 - Referred to Education/A.6440 - Referred to Education
2015-2016: S.904-A - Referred to Education/A.1814-A - Referred to Educa-
tion
2013-2014:  S.1406 - Referred to Education/A.792 - Referred to Education
2011-2012: S.6915 - Referred to Education/A.9955 - Referred to Education

 
STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 30th day after it shall have become a
law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision 1 of
Section 2590-B and the opening paragraph of Section 2590-H of the Educa-
tion Law made by Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall not affect the expi-
ration of such provisions and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

2021-S4466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4466
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. JACKSON, COMRIE -- 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 mayoral control of the
   city school district of the city of New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subparagraphs 1 and 8 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 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:
   (1)  (A)  Such  board of education shall consist of thirteen appointed
 members: one member to be appointed by each  borough  president  of  the
 city  of  New  York;  FOUR  BY  THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A
 REPRESENTATIVE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A MEMBER
 OF PARENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY
 DISTRICT EDUCATION COUNCIL; and [eight] FOUR members to be appointed  by
 the mayor of the city of New York.
   (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 council presidents,  FOUR  BY  THE  CITY
 COUNCIL, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSI-
 TY,  AND  ONE  OF  WHOM  SHALL  BE A MEMBER OF PARENT ORGANIZATIONS; and
 [nine] FIVE 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 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 council presidents pursuant to such regu-
 lations shall take office on July first, two thousand twenty  and  shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD08402-01-1

 S. 4466                             2
 
 serve  a  term  that  ends  on  June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-two.
 Thereafter, the member elected by community district  education  council
 presidents shall serve for a two year term commencing on July first.
   (8)  Each  mayoral appointee shall be a resident of the city and [two]
 ONE shall be [parents] A PARENT of a child  attending  a  public  school
 within the city district.
   §  2. The opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the education law, as
 amended by section 43-d of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   The  office  of  chancellor  of the city district is hereby continued.
 Such chancellor shall serve at the pleasure of and be  employed  by  the
 [mayor]  CITY  BOARD of the city of New York by contract. The chancellor
 shall meet the requirements of subdivision one of section three thousand
 three of this chapter, provided that a person  who  has  been  issued  a
 certificate  as  superintendent of schools pursuant to subdivision three
 of such section may serve as chancellor on the basis of such certificate
 for no longer than six months. The length of  such  contract  shall  not
 exceed  by  more  than  two years the term of office of the [mayor] CITY
 BOARD authorizing such contract. The chancellor shall receive  a  salary
 to  be  fixed  by the [mayor] CITY BOARD within the budgetary allocation
 therefor. He or she shall exercise all his or her powers and duties in a
 manner not inconsistent with the city-wide educational policies  of  the
 city board. The chancellor shall have the following powers and duties as
 the  superintendent  of schools and chief executive officer for the city
 district, which the chancellor shall exercise to promote an equal educa-
 tional opportunity for all students in the schools of the city district,
 promote fiscal and educational equity, increase student achievement  and
 school  performance and encourage local school-based innovation, includ-
 ing the power and duty to:
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 1  of  section 2590-b and the opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the
 education law made by sections one and two of this act shall not  affect
 the  expiration  of such provisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
 with.

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