Bill Text: NY S02967 | 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 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S02967 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02967-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2967--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. SANDERS, BRISPORT, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York
          City  Education  --  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;
    20    2.  one  representative  who is the president of the council of school
    21  supervisors and administrators; or a senior  official  selected  by  the
    22  president;

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