Assembly Bill A1775

                             
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                                   1775
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A.  BARCLAY, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to electronic  and  print
   publication  of  certain  school  district  reports;  and to amend the
   general municipal law, in relation to additional definitions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2-f to
 read as follows:
   §  2-F.  PUBLICATION  OF  SCHOOL REPORTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY
 PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION, NO LATER THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS  AFTER
 THE  APPROVAL  BY ANY TRUSTEE, PRINCIPAL, OFFICER, OR BOARD OF EDUCATION
 OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ANY BOCES, CITY, UNION FREE, COMMON  OR  CENTRAL
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT OR ANY CHARTER SCHOOL, SUCH SCHOOL SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE
 ON A SCHOOL OR DISTRICT SPONSORED WEBSITE AND IN  PRINTED  FORM  AT  THE
 DISTRICT OFFICE ALL AUDIT REPORTS, PROPOSED AND ENACTED BUDGETS, EXPEND-
 ITURE  REPORTS,  UNION  CONTRACTS,  SUPERINTENDENT  CONTRACTS,  AND  THE
 MINUTES OF ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 810 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
 amended  by  section  5  of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2013, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. The term "local officer or employee" shall mean  A  SUPERINTENDENT,
 DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL AS WELL AS the heads
 (other  than  local  elected officials) of any agency, department, divi-
 sion, council, board, commission, or bureau of a  political  subdivision
 and  their  deputies  and  assistants, and the officers and employees of
 such agencies, departments, divisions, boards, bureaus,  commissions  or
 councils who hold policy-making positions, as annually determined by the
 appointing  authority  and set forth in a written instrument which shall
 be filed with the appropriate body during the month of February;  except
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 that  the  term  "local  officer  or  employee"  shall not mean a judge,
 justice, officer or employee of the unified court system. Members, offi-
 cers, and employees of each industrial development agency and  authority
 established  by  this  chapter  or created by the public authorities law
 shall be deemed officers or employees of the county, city,  village,  or
 town  for  whose  benefit  such  agency  or  authority is established or
 created.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.