Bill Text: NY A03956 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for mandatory initial and ongoing training for members of boards of education and boards of cooperative educational service in the areas of board operations, board skills and service, budget and finance, curriculum development and educational theory and policy, district operations, legal and employee relations, and the roles and responsibilities of component board members with boards of cooperative educational services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to education [A03956 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A03956-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3956 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 31, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory training for members of boards of education THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1527-a 2 to read as follows: 3 S 1527-A. INITIAL AND ONGOING TRAINING FOR MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF EDUCA- 4 TION AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 1. THE COMMISSION- 5 ER SHALL DIRECT ALL BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA- 6 TIONAL SERVICES TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN RECORDS FOR PUBLIC 7 INSPECTION ON A PROGRAM FOR THE INITIAL AND ONGOING TRAINING OF NEWLY 8 ELECTED AND INCUMBENT BOARD MEMBERS. SUCH INITIAL AND ONGOING TRAINING 9 WHICH SHALL BE FOR A MINIMUM OF TWELVE HOURS ANNUALLY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT 10 NOT BE LIMITED TO: 11 (A) BOARD OPERATIONS; 12 (B) BOARD SKILLS AND SERVICE; 13 (C) BUDGET AND FINANCE; 14 (D) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND POLICY; 15 (E) DISTRICT OPERATIONS; 16 (F) THE SITING, ERECTION, PURCHASE, REPAIR, ENLARGEMENT AND REMODELING 17 OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS WHICH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF HEALTHY AND HIGH 18 PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS; 19 (G) LEGAL AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS; AND 20 (H) ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPONENT BOARD MEMBERS WITH BOARDS 21 OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. 22 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "HEALTHY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE 23 SCHOOLS" SHALL MEAN SCHOOL FACILITIES IN WHICH THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, 24 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MAKE USE OF ENERGY EFFICIENT AND AFFORDABLE 25 PRACTICES AND MATERIALS; ARE COST EFFECTIVE; ENHANCE INDOOR AIR QUALITY; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08004-01-1 A. 3956 2 1 AND PROTECT AND CONSERVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. HEALTHY AND HIGH 2 PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS ARE SITED AND DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABILITY, UTILIZING 3 NON-TOXIC MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, DAYLIGHTING AND HIGH PERFORMANCE ELEC- 4 TRIC LIGHTING; ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT; RECYCLED PRODUCTS; AND PRAC- 5 TICES THAT PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. 6 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.