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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- 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 chancellor of education in the city of New York; to amend chap-
   ter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the education law and  other  laws
   relating   to   the   reorganization  of  the  New  York  city  school
   construction authority, board of education and  community  boards,  in
   relation to the expiration and repeal date of certain provisions ther-
   eof;  and to amend chapter 345 of the laws of 2009 amending the educa-
   tion law and other laws relating to the reorganization of the New York
   city board of education, chancellor, community councils and  community
   superintendents,  in  relation  to extending the expiration and repeal
   date of certain provisions thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  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 of the city of New York by contract, WITH THE ADVICE  AND  CONSENT
 OF  THE  NEW  YORK CITY COUNCIL.  The chancellor shall meet the require-
 ments of subdivision one of section three thousand three of  this  chap-
 ter,  provided that a person who has been issued a certificate as super-
 intendent 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 authorizing such contract. The
 chancellor  shall  receive  a salary to be fixed by the mayor 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 educa-
 tional policies of the city board. The chancellor shall have the follow-
 ing  powers and duties as the superintendent of schools and chief execu-
 tive officer for the city district, which the chancellor shall  exercise
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 to  promote  an  equal  educational  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, including the power and duty to:
   §  2. Section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002 amending the educa-
 tion law and other laws relating to the reorganization of the  New  York
 city  school  construction  authority,  board of education and community
 boards, as amended by chapter 364 of the laws of  2022,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 34. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002; provided, that sections
 one  through  twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-six through thirty of this
 act shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, [2024]  2029  provided,
 further,  that notwithstanding any provision of article 5 of the general
 construction law, on June 30, [2024] 2029 the provisions of subdivisions
 3, 5, and 8, paragraph b of subdivision 13, subdivision  14,  paragraphs
 b,  d,  and  e  of subdivision 15, and subdivisions 17 and 21 of section
 2554 of the education law as repealed by  section  three  of  this  act,
 subdivision  1  of  section  2590-b  of the education law as repealed by
 section six of this act, paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of  section
 2590-b  of  the  education law as repealed by section seven of this act,
 section 2590-c of the education law as repealed by section eight of this
 act, paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2590-d of the education law
 as repealed by section twenty-six of this act, subdivision 1 of  section
 2590-e  of the education law as repealed by section twenty-seven of this
 act, subdivision 28 of section 2590-h of the education law  as  repealed
 by section twenty-eight of this act, subdivision 30 of section 2590-h of
 the education law as repealed by section twenty-nine of this act, subdi-
 vision  30-a  of  section  2590-h  of  the  education law as repealed by
 section thirty of this  act  shall  be  revived  and  be  read  as  such
 provisions  existed  in law on the date immediately preceding the effec-
 tive date of this act; provided, however, that sections seven and  eight
 of  this  act  shall  take effect on November 30, 2003; provided further
 that the amendments to subdivision 25 of section 2554 of  the  education
 law  made  by section two of this act shall be subject to the expiration
 and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 12 of chapter  147
 of  the  laws of 2001, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
 section four of this act shall take effect.
   § 3. Subdivision 12 of section 17 of chapter 345 of the laws  of  2009
 amending the education law and other laws relating to the reorganization
 of  the New York city board of education, chancellor, community councils
 and community superintendents, as amended by chapter 364 of the laws  of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   12. any provision in sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
 eight,  nine,  ten  and  eleven  of this act not otherwise set to expire
 pursuant to section 34 of chapter 91 of the laws of 2002, as amended, or
 section 17 of chapter 123 of the laws of 2003, as amended, shall  expire
 and  be  deemed repealed [June 30, 2024] IN THE SAME MANNER AND UPON THE
 SAME DATE AS THE EXPIRATIONS AND REPEALS PROVIDED FOR IN SUCH SECTION OF
 CHAPTER 91 OF THE LAWS OF 2002.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments to the opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the educa-
 tion law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration
 of such paragraph and such section and shall be deemed to expire  there-
 with.