Bill Text: NY S06127 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the commission on NYC school governance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S06127 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06127-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6127

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City  Educa-
          tion

        AN  ACT establishing a commission on New York city school governance and
          mayoral accountability

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  A  state commission, to be known as the commission on New
     2  York  city  school  governance  and  mayoral  accountability,  hereafter
     3  referred  to  as the commission, is hereby created to critically examine
     4  the effectiveness of the current school governance system and to identi-
     5  fy shortcomings and develop recommendations for improving the  New  York
     6  city public school governance system.
     7    §  2.  The  members  of  the  commission  shall consist of elected and
     8  appointed parent leaders, students,  administrators,  teachers,  support
     9  staff,  and community members who are education advocates. All appointed
    10  members shall be appointed by  the  chancellor  of  the  New  York  city
    11  department of education.
    12    §  3.  (a)  For the accomplishment of its purposes, the commission may
    13  meet and hold public and/or  private  hearings  within  or  without  the
    14  state, and shall have all the powers of a legislative committee pursuant
    15  to  the  legislative  law. The commission is authorized and empowered to
    16  undertake any studies, inquiries, surveys or analyses it may deem  rele-
    17  vant  through  its  own personnel or in cooperation with or by agreement
    18  with any other public or private agency.
    19    (b) To the maximum extent feasible, the  commission  may  request  and
    20  shall be entitled to receive and shall utilize and be provided with such
    21  facilities,  resources and data from any court in the state and from any
    22  subdivision, department, board, bureau, commission,  office,  agency  or
    23  other instrumentality of the state or of any political subdivision ther-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11902-01-9
        S. 6127                             2

     1  eof  as  it deems necessary or desirable for the proper execution of its
     2  powers and duties and to effectuate the purposes set forth in this act.
     3    §  4.  The  commission  shall make recommendations and a report of its
     4  findings. The commission shall submit such  recommendations  and  report
     5  developed  by  it  relating  to  issues  involving the school governance
     6  system in New York city public schools,  including  any  recommendations
     7  for  legislative action as it may deem necessary and appropriate, to the
     8  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
     9  assembly no later than the thirty-first day of December in the year next
    10  succeeding  the  year  in  which  this  act shall have become a law. The
    11  commission shall issue a binding recommendation which shall be presented
    12  to the legislature to completely accept or reject such recommendation.
    13    § 5. This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided  that  the
    14  provisions  of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the first
    15  day next succeeding the date of the submission of the report as required
    16  in section four of this act; and provided  further,  however,  that  the
    17  commission  shall  notify  the legislative bill drafting commission upon
    18  the submission of its report as provided for in section four of this act
    19  in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effec-
    20  tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state or New York
    21  in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
    22  tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.