Bill Text: NY A08004 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires at least one parent of a child attending a charter school to be a member of the board of education and the various councils of the city school district of the city of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-09-04 - enacting clause stricken [A08004 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A08004-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8004
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 25, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring parental
representation on the board of education of the city school district
of the city of New York and on certain other councils for such school
district
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the
2 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) The board of education of the city school district of the city of
5 New York is hereby continued. Such board of education shall consist of
6 thirteen appointed members: one member to be appointed by each borough
7 president of the city of New York; and eight members to be appointed by
8 the mayor of the city of New York. The chancellor shall serve as an
9 ex-officio non-voting member of the city board. The city board shall
10 elect its own chairperson from among its voting members. All thirteen
11 appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authori-
12 ty and shall not be employed in any capacity by the city of New York, or
13 a subdivision thereof, or the city board. No appointed member of the
14 city board shall also be a member, officer, or employee of any public
15 corporation, authority, or commission where the mayor of the city of New
16 York has a majority of the appointments. Each borough president's
17 appointee shall be a resident of the borough for which the borough pres-
18 ident appointing him or her was elected and shall be the parent of a
19 child attending a public school within the city school district of the
20 city of New York. Each mayoral appointee shall be a resident of the
21 city [and two] AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH shall be [parents] A PARENT of a
22 child attending a public school within the city district, AND AT LEAST
23 ONE OF WHICH SHALL BE A PARENT OF A CHILD ATTENDING A CHARTER SCHOOL
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 WITHIN THE CITY DISTRICT. All parent members shall be eligible to
2 continue to serve on the city board for two years following the conclu-
3 sion of their child's attendance at a public school OR A CHARTER SCHOOL
4 within the city district. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
5 the appropriate appointing authority within ninety days of such vacancy.
6 Notwithstanding any provision of local law, the members of the board
7 shall not have staff, offices, or vehicles assigned to them or receive
8 compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for the actual
9 and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their
10 duties.
11 S 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2590-b
12 of the education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is
13 amended to read as follows:
14 (1) nine voting members who shall be parents of students with individ-
15 ualized education programs, INCLUDING ONE FROM A CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN
16 THE CITY DISTRICT, to be selected by parents of students with individ-
17 ualized education programs pursuant to a representative process devel-
18 oped by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;
19 S 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section
20 2590-b of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of
21 2009, is amended to read as follows:
22 (i) nine voting members who shall be parents of students who are in a
23 bilingual or English as a second language program conducted pursuant to
24 section thirty-two hundred four of this chapter, INCLUDING ONE FROM A
25 CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN THE CITY DISTRICT, to be selected by parents of
26 students who receive such services pursuant to a representative process
27 developed by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;
28 S 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
29 2590-b of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of
30 2009, is amended to read as follows:
31 (i) [ten] NINE voting members who shall be parents of students attend-
32 ing public high schools AND ONE VOTING MEMBER WHO SHALL BE A PARENT OF A
33 STUDENT ATTENDING A CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN THE CITY DISTRICT. Two
34 members representing each borough shall be selected by presidents and
35 officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers' associations
36 in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established by the chan-
37 cellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;
38 S 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-c of the education
39 law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
40 as follows:
41 (a) Nine voting members shall be parents whose children are attending
42 a school under the jurisdiction of the community district, or have
43 attended a school under the jurisdiction of the community district with-
44 in the preceding two years[, and], PROVIDED, THAT, IN ANY COMMUNITY
45 DISTRICT HAVING A CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT, AT LEAST ONE SUCH
46 MEMBER SHALL BE A PARENT OF A CHILD ATTENDING A CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN
47 THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT. SUCH MEMBERS shall be selected by the presidents
48 and officers of the parents' association or parent-teachers' associ-
49 ation. Such members shall serve for a term of two years. Presidents and
50 officers of parents' associations or parent-teachers' associations who
51 are candidates in the selection process pursuant to this section shall
52 not be eligible to cast votes in such selection process. The association
53 shall elect a member to vote in the place of each such president or
54 officer for the purposes of the selection process.
55 S 6. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
56 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that the amend-
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1 ments to section 2590-b of the education law, made by sections one, two,
2 three and four of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such
3 section and shall expire therewith; provided, further, that the amend-
4 ments to section 2590-c of the education law, made by section five of
5 this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall
6 expire therewith.
