Bill Text: NY A09751 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes high school students to vote on city-wide education councils regardless of age.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-03 - referred to education [A09751 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09751-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9751

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to authorizing high
          school students to vote on city-wide education councils regardless  of
          age

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

     1    Section 1.  The opening paragraph and subparagraph 3 of paragraph a of
     2  subdivision 4 of section 2590-b of the  education  law,  as  amended  by
     3  chapter 345 of the laws of 2009,  are amended to read as follows:
     4    There shall be a city-wide council on special education created pursu-
     5  ant  to  this  section. The city-wide council on special education shall
     6  consist of [eleven] thirteen voting members [and one non-voting member],
     7  as follows:
     8    (3) [one non-voting member] two voting members who [is a]    are  high
     9  school  [senior]    students  with  an individualized education program,
    10  appointed by the administrator designated by the chancellor to supervise
    11  special education programs.  Such member shall serve a one year term.
    12    § 2. The opening paragraph and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a)  of
    13  subdivision  5 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by chap-
    14  ter 345 of the laws of 2009,  are amended to read as follows:
    15    There shall be  a  city-wide  council  on  English  language  learners
    16  created  pursuant  to  this  section.  The  city-wide council on English
    17  language learners shall consist of [eleven] thirteen voting members [and
    18  one non-voting member], as follows:
    19    (iii) [one non-voting member] two voting members who [is a]  are  high
    20  school  [senior]  students who [is]  are or [has]  have been in a bilin-
    21  gual or English as a second language program, appointed by the  adminis-
    22  trator  designated  by  the  chancellor to supervise such programs. Such
    23  member shall serve a one year term.
    24    § 3.  The opening paragraph and subparagraph (v) of paragraph  (a)  of
    25  subdivision  6 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by chap-
    26  ter 345 of the laws of 2009,  are amended to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 9751                             2

     1    There shall be a city-wide council on high schools created pursuant to
     2  this section. The city-wide council on high  schools  shall  consist  of
     3  [thirteen]  fifteen  voting  members  [and  one  non-voting  member], as
     4  follows:
     5    (v)  [one  non-voting member] two voting members who [is a] are public
     6  high school [senior]  students, appointed by the chancellor pursuant  to
     7  a  process  developed  by the chancellor.  Such member shall serve a one
     8  year term.
     9    § 4.  The opening paragraph and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of
    10  subdivision 7 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by  chap-
    11  ter 364 of the laws of 2022,  are amended to read as follows:
    12    There  shall  be  a city-wide council on district seventy-five created
    13  pursuant to this section. The city-wide council  for  district  seventy-
    14  five shall consist of [eleven] thirteen voting members [and one non-vot-
    15  ing member], as follows:
    16    (iii)  [one  non-voting member] two voting members who [is a] are high
    17  school [senior] students appointed by the  administrator  designated  by
    18  the  chancellor to supervise district seventy-five schools and programs.
    19  Such member shall serve a one year term.
    20    § 5. The opening paragraph and  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  1  of
    21  section  2590-c  of  the education law, as amended by chapter 364 of the
    22  laws of 2022,  are amended to read as follows:
    23    Each community district shall be  governed  by  a  community  district
    24  education  council.  The  community  councils  shall consist of [twelve]
    25  fifteen voting members [and two non-voting members], as follows:
    26    (d) [Two non-voting] three voting members who are high school [seniors
    27  residing] students attending a high school in  the  district,  shall  be
    28  appointed  by the superintendent from among the [elected] student [lead-
    29  ership]  body.  Such members shall serve for a one year term.
    30    § 6. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 2590-c  of  the
    31  education law, as amended by chapter 385 of the laws of 1998, is amended
    32  to read as follows:
    33    Each  community  district  shall  be  governed by a community board to
    34  consist of nine members to be elected for a term of three years, and two
    35  members who shall be students chosen by the board, and to serve  without
    36  compensation.   Each such board shall select one of its members to serve
    37  as chairman.
    38    § 7. Subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of  section  2590-c  of
    39  the education law are renumbered subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and
    40  13 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
    41    5.  Every  student attending any high school under the jurisdiction of
    42  the community board of such district shall be eligible for membership as
    43  a student on such community board. The community board shall  fill  both
    44  student  positions  within  forty-five  days  of  the  community board's
    45  election.
    46    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that:
    47    (a) the amendments to section 2590-b of  the  education  law  made  by
    48  sections one, two, three and four of this act shall not affect the expi-
    49  ration  of  such  section and shall expire and be deemed repealed there-
    50  with; and
    51    (b) the amendments to section 2590-c of  the  education  law  made  by
    52  section  five  of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever-
    53  sion of such section when upon such date the provisions of  section  six
    54  and seven of this act shall take effect.