Bill Text: NY S09336 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Allows the president of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the selection of the members of the board of education elected by the community district education council presidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-23 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S09336 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09336-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9336--A

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 13, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing the president
          of  the  citywide  council  on  high  schools  to  participate  in the
          selection of the members of the board  of  education  elected  by  the
          community district education council presidents

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

     1    Section 1. Clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a)  of  subdivi-
     2  sion  1 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by section 1 of
     3  part ZZ of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2024,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    (D)  Commencing on July first, two thousand [twenty-four] twenty-five,
     6  the board of education shall consist of twenty-four voting members:  one
     7  member  to  be  appointed  by  each borough president of the city of New
     8  York; five members, one from each borough of the city of New York, to be
     9  elected by community district education council presidents and the pres-
    10  ident of the citywide council on high schools;  one  independent  member
    11  who  shall  serve  as  chair  of  the board and who shall be selected as
    12  established in  subparagraph  three  of  this  paragraph;  and  thirteen
    13  members  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  of the city of New York. The
    14  initial term of the chair selected pursuant  to  subparagraph  three  of
    15  this paragraph shall commence on September fifteenth, two thousand twen-
    16  ty-four and shall end on September fourteenth, two thousand twenty-five;
    17  thereafter  the  chair  shall  serve  for  a one-year term commencing on
    18  September fifteenth. The chancellor shall continue  regulations  promul-
    19  gated  under  clause (C) of this subparagraph establishing a process for
    20  community district education council presidents to elect members of  the
    21  board,  and processes for removal of such members and for the filling of
    22  such positions in the event of a vacancy. Appointed members and  members
    23  elected  by  community district education council presidents pursuant to
    24  clause (C) of this subparagraph and commencing a term on July first, two

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  thousand twenty-four shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two
     2  thousand twenty-five.   Thereafter, appointed members  and  the  members
     3  elected  by  community district education council presidents shall serve
     4  for a one-year term commencing on July first.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on July 1, 2025; provided, however,
     6  that the amendments to clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a)  of
     7  subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law made by section one
     8  of  this  act  shall not affect the expiration or repeal of such section
     9  and subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.