Bill Text: NY A01799 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the citywide leadership team to ensure that parents' and students' voices are represented in all education decision-making, ensure education policies considered or implemented are conducive to promoting student achievement and enhancing the overall quality of education for students attending public schools in the city of New York, and include all stakeholders at all stages of the decision-making process.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-21 - print number 1799a [A01799 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01799-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1799--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. ANDERSON, WALKER, ZINERMAN, TAYLOR, CHANDLER-WA-
          TERMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities --  recom-
          mitted  to the Committee on Cities in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
          sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
          relation to establishing the citywide leadership team; and  making  an
          appropriation therefor

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

     1    Section 1. Title 21-A of the administrative code of the  city  of  New
     2  York is amended by adding a new chapter 23-A to read as follows:
     3                                CHAPTER 23-A
     4                              LEADERSHIP TEAMS
     5    § 21-990.1 Citywide  leadership  team. a. The Citywide Leadership Team
     6  is  based  on  the  NYS  commissioner's  regulations  100.11   and   The
     7  Chancellor's  Regulations  A-655  Article  XIII,  and the Manhattan High
     8  Schools Presidents Council Resolution adopted  May  26,  2021,  for  the
     9  largest  school  district  in New York state and nation to adhere to and
    10  engage stakeholders accordingly, and will serve as a  model  for  school
    11  and  district leadership teams to ensure they are operating effectively,
    12  to align the school based budget with a comprehensive education plan, so
    13  every  New  York  city  public  school student has direct access to high
    14  quality educational opportunities.
    15    b.  The citywide leadership team shall consist of  twenty-five  repre-
    16  sentatives.  Members  shall  be appointed by the following groups in the
    17  following manner:
    18    1. the New York city public school chancellor, or  a  senior  official
    19  selected by the chancellor;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03137-05-3
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     1    2.  one  representative  who is the president of the council of school
     2  supervisors and administrators; or a senior  official  selected  by  the
     3  president;
     4    3.  one representative   who is the president of the united federation
     5  of teachers; or a senior official selected by the president;
     6    4. one representative who is the president  of  the  district  council
     7  thirty-seven; or a senior official selected by the president;
     8    5.  one  representative  who is president of local two hundred thirty-
     9  seven; or a senior official selected by the president.
    10    6. nine parent representatives to be selected by  PTA  Presidents  via
    11  Presidents Councils as follows:
    12    (a) one representative from each borough;
    13    (b) one representative from high schools;
    14    (c) one representative from an individualized education plan (IEP);
    15    (d) one representative from English language learners; and
    16    (e) one representative from union D75.
    17    7. ten representatives shall be student representatives to be selected
    18  by  presidents  of  student governments/councils, two students from each
    19  borough.
    20    8. Additional representatives from community based  organizations  and
    21  school affiliated agencies as needed.
    22    c.  The  citywide  leadership  team  shall  ensure  that  parents' and
    23  students' voices are represented in all education decision-making, shall
    24  ensure education policies considered or  implemented  are  conducive  to
    25  promoting  student  achievement  and  enhancing  the  overall quality of
    26  education for students attending public schools in the city of New York,
    27  and shall include all stakeholders at all stages of the  decision-making
    28  process.  The  responsibilities  of  the  citywide leadership team shall
    29  include:
    30    1. serve as a model for school and district leadership teams;
    31    2. providing necessary support for school leadership teams  to  effec-
    32  tively align the school base budget with comprehensive education plan;
    33    3.  empowering  school district leadership teams and school leadership
    34  teams to contribute to the development  of  the  citywide  comprehensive
    35  education  plan to facilitate cohesive education policies throughout all
    36  districts by providing uniformed plans basic enough  for  districts  and
    37  schools  to  implement  teaching  and  learning  specifically  for their
    38  district's respective needs;
    39    4. developing and maintaining a one page check sheet for school  lead-
    40  ership  teams  to report quarterly to district leadership teams, and for
    41  district leadership teams to report bi-annually to the citywide  leader-
    42  ship  team, to help cohesively facilitate the duties of the department's
    43  school and district improvement liaisons to oversee  department  central
    44  accountability. The citywide leadership team and chancellor shall report
    45  State of the Schools annually in the month of July to the New York state
    46  department  of  education, the New York city public school system and to
    47  the public;
    48    5. reporting to their respective constituents and  bringing  concerns,
    49  recommendations, and ideas of their respective school communities to the
    50  citywide leadership team; and
    51    6.  The citywide leadership team co-developers will provide advisement
    52  to ensure fairness, effectiveness and accountability.
    53    d. The citywide leadership team shall:
    54    1. hold a summit at least three times a school year, and hold meetings
    55  when special circumstances arise;
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     1    2. shall have a standing committee called  the  legislative  committee
     2  that  will  provide professional development for education stakeholders,
     3  and carry out the main mission of creating a single document, the  city-
     4  wide  comprehensive education plan, that represents the consensus of all
     5  New  York  city  education stakeholders. As required, further committees
     6  can be formed;
     7    3. draft its own bylaws, which  shall  be  consistent  with  both  the
     8  chancellor's and the state's regulations;
     9    4.  operate  all meetings and summits in accordance with article seven
    10  of the public officers law and Robert's Rules of Order;
    11    5. formulate and officiate a mission statement, design and  develop  a
    12  plan to meet mission objectives, establish accountability and evaluation
    13  methods for the citywide leadership team, district leadership teams, and
    14  school  leadership  teams,  and  maintain harmonization across all three
    15  levels of teams;
    16    6. share information with  their  respective  constituents  and  bring
    17  their  feedback  to  the  citywide leadership team for consideration and
    18  deliberation; and
    19    7. allow members of the  public  to  submit  questions,  comments,  or
    20  suggestions in writing in advance of any meeting or summit for consider-
    21  ation  by  the  citywide  leadership team, along with the chancellor and
    22  presidents of unions.
    23    8. A quorum shall  consist  of  seven  members,  including  one  union
    24  member,  four  parents,  and  two  students  with  at least two boroughs
    25  represented.
    26    § 2. The sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars  ($250,000.00),  or
    27  so  much  thereof  as  may  be necessary, is hereby appropriated  to the
    28  department of education out of any moneys in the state treasury  in  the
    29  general fund to the credit of the New York city department of education,
    30  not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available for expenses,
    31  including  for  an executive administrator, administrative assistant and
    32  stipends for parents and students participating on the citywide  leader-
    33  ship  team, and for incidental expenses. Such moneys shall be payable on
    34  the audit and warrant  of  the  comptroller  on  vouchers  certified  or
    35  approved by the department of education in the manner prescribed by law.
    36    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    37  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    38  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    39  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    40  on or before such effective date.