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Assembly Bill A5946

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that the NYS board of regents holds at least two meetings a year in the city of New York

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2023-A5946 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1726

2023-A5946 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the NYS board of regents hold at least two meetings a year in New York city; requires announcements of the time, date, location and agenda thereof.

2023-A5946 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5946
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, WALKER, COOK, BENEDETTO, CARROLL -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that the New
   York state board of regents hold at least two meetings a year  in  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. Section 204 of the education law is amended by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 5 and 6 to read as follows:
   5.  (A)  THE REGENTS SHALL HOLD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS IN EACH CALENDAR
 YEAR IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH MEETINGS
 SHALL BE HELD AT A TIME TO ENSURE PARENTAL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
   (B) (I) THE REGENTS SHALL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION, TIME  AND  AGENDA  OF
 EACH  MEETING TO BE HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
 MORE WHENEVER SUCH MEETING IS SCHEDULED, BUT NOT LATER THAN THREE  WEEKS
 BEFORE  THE  MEETING  DATE  TO  ALLOW  ADEQUATE  TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF AN AGENDA FOR ANY SUCH MEETING IS NOT  AVAIL-
 ABLE, SUCH AGENDA SHALL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
   (II) SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE REGENTS' PUBLIC
 WEBSITE  AND  THE  NEW  YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE IN THE
 SAME MANNER AS OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 DEPARTMENT  OF EDUCATION SHALL INFORM PARENT EDUCATION ADVOCATES, TEACH-
 ERS, PRINCIPALS AND OTHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF  THE  LOCATION,  TIME
 AND  AGENDA  OF  SUCH MEETINGS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE
 MILLION OR MORE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "PARENT
 EDUCATION ADVOCATES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PARENT ASSOCI-
 ATIONS, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS, PRESIDENTS
 COUNCILS,  DISTRICT  LEADERSHIP  TEAMS  AND  CITYWIDE  AND COMMUNITYWIDE
 EDUCATION COUNCILS.
   (C) AT EACH MEETING OF THE REGENTS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A  POPULATION
 OF  ONE  MILLION OR MORE, THE PUBLIC SHALL BE ALLOTTED A PERIOD OF TIME,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09558-01-3

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