Bill Text: NY S03979 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the commission on education in the twenty-first century which shall examine the system of school districts and the delivery of education related services in the state and shall recommend changes to that system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-25 - PRINT NUMBER 3979A [S03979 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03979-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3979--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 25, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  in  relation to establishing the commission on education in the
          twenty-first century; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions
          upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Commission established. (a) There is hereby created in  the
     2  executive  department  a  commission  to  be known as the "commission on
     3  education in the twenty-first century", hereafter  referred  to  as  the
     4  "commission", which shall be charged with examining the system of school
     5  districts  and  the  delivery  of education related services in New York
     6  state and recommending changes  to  that  system  in  light  of  factors
     7  submitted  pursuant  to  section  four  of  this  act and any additional
     8  factors established by the commission.
     9    (b) The commission shall consist of eighteen  statewide  members,  and
    10  regional  members  appointed  pursuant  to  section six of this act. The
    11  eighteen statewide members  shall  be  appointed  as  follows:  (i)  two
    12  members  shall  be  appointed  by the temporary president of the senate;
    13  (ii) two members shall be appointed by  the  speaker  of  the  assembly;
    14  (iii)  one  member  shall  be  appointed  by  the minority leader of the
    15  senate; (iv) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
    16  assembly; (v) two members shall be appointed by the governor;  and  (vi)
    17  ten  members  shall  be  appointed by the board of regents. The board of
    18  regents shall designate the chair from among the  statewide  members  of
    19  the commission.
    20    (c)  The  members  of the commission shall receive no compensation for
    21  their services as members, but shall be allowed their actual and  neces-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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