Bill Text: NY A08264 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requirements associated with the New York city community school district system; permits city-wide council presidents to vote for a member of the city board; and allows parents whose children who at any time in the past enrolled in a bilingual or English as a second language program to serve on the city-wide council on English language learners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A08264 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08264-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8264

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 11, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requirements  associ-
          ated with the New York city community school district system

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

     1    Section 1. Clause (B) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a)  of  subdivi-
     2  sion  1  of  section  2590-b of the education law, as amended by section
     3  43-b of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
     4  as follows:
     5    (B) Commencing on July first, two thousand twenty, the board of educa-
     6  tion  shall  consist  of  fifteen members: one member to be appointed by
     7  each borough president of the city of New York, one member to be elected
     8  by community district education and city-wide  council  presidents,  and
     9  nine members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York. On or
    10  before  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  nineteen, the chancellor
    11  shall  promulgate  regulations  establishing  a  process  for  community
    12  district education and city-wide council presidents to elect a member of
    13  the  board, and processes for removal of such member and for the filling
    14  of such position in the event of a vacancy. The first member elected  by
    15  community  district  education and city-wide council presidents pursuant
    16  to such regulations shall take office on July first, two thousand twenty
    17  and shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two  thousand  twen-
    18  ty-two.   Thereafter, the member elected by community district education
    19  council presidents shall serve for a two year term  commencing  on  July
    20  first.
    21    §  2.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section
    22  2590-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of  the  laws  of
    23  2013, is amended to read as follows:
    24    (i)  nine voting members who shall be parents of students who [are] at
    25  any time in the past enrolled in a bilingual  or  English  as  a  second

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  language  program  conducted pursuant to section thirty-two hundred four
     2  of this chapter, some of whom may be parents of students who  have  been
     3  in  such  a  program [within the preceding two years] at any time in the
     4  past,  to  be  selected  by parents of students who receive or have ever
     5  received such services pursuant to a representative process developed by
     6  the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;
     7    § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  6  of  section
     8  2590-b  of  the education law, as amended by section 43-g of part YYY of
     9  chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows
    10    (i) ten voting members who shall  be  parents  of  students  attending
    11  public  high  schools. For councils whose terms begin prior to two thou-
    12  sand twenty, two members representing each borough shall be selected  by
    13  presidents and officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers'
    14  associations  in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established
    15  by the chancellor. For councils whose terms begin in two thousand  twen-
    16  ty-one  and  thereafter,  two members representing each borough shall be
    17  selected by parents of public  high  school  students  in  the  relevant
    18  borough,  pursuant  to  a  process  established  by the chancellor. Such
    19  members shall serve a two year term, and shall be eligible  to  continue
    20  serving  their term following the conclusion of their child's attendance
    21  at a public high school;
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
    23  the  amendments  to section 2590-b of the education law made by sections
    24  one, two and three of this act shall not affect the expiration or repeal
    25  of such provisions and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.