STATE OF NEW YORK
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1110
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 7, 2021
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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
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.