Bill Text: NY S06322 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that the NYS board of regents hold at least 2 meetings a year in New York city and requires announcements of the time, date, location and agenda thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S06322 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06322-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6322                                                  A. 9127
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2012
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Higher
         Education
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. N. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M.  of  A.  ARROYO, BARRON, CAMARA, CASTRO, CRESPO, ESPINAL, JEFFRIES,
         LINARES, MENG, ORTIZ, J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, SIMOTAS,  TITUS
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to monthly meetings of
         the New York state board of regents
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  204  of  the education law is amended to read as
    2  follows:
    3    S 204. Meetings and absences. 1. The regents may provide  for  regular
    4  meetings,  and  the chancellor, or the commissioner of education, or any
    5  five regents, may at any time call a special meeting  of  the  board  of
    6  regents  and  fix  the  time  and place therefor; and at least ten days'
    7  notice of every meeting shall be mailed to the  usual  address  of  each
    8  regent.
    9    2.  If  any  regent  shall  fail to attend three consecutive meetings,
   10  without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, he may be deemed
   11  to have resigned and the regents shall then report the  vacancy  to  the
   12  legislature, which shall fill it.
   13    3.  A.  THE  REGENTS SHALL HOLD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS IN EACH CALENDAR
   14  YEAR IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH MEETINGS
   15  SHALL BE HELD AT A TIME TO ENSURE PARENTAL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
   16    B. (I) THE REGENTS SHALL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION,  TIME  AND  AGENDA  OF
   17  EACH  MEETING TO BE HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
   18  MORE WHENEVER SUCH MEETING IS SCHEDULED, BUT NOT LATER THAN THREE  WEEKS
   19  BEFORE  THE  MEETING  DATE  TO  ALLOW  ADEQUATE  TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
   20  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF AN AGENDA FOR ANY SUCH MEETING IS NOT  AVAIL-
   21  ABLE, SUCH AGENDA SHALL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14062-01-2
       S. 6322                             2                            A. 9127
    1    (II) SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE REGENTS' PUBLIC
    2  WEBSITE  AND  THE  NEW  YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE IN THE
    3  SAME MANNER AS OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
    4  DEPARTMENT  OF EDUCATION SHALL INFORM PARENT EDUCATION ADVOCATES, TEACH-
    5  ERS,  PRINCIPALS  AND  OTHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF THE LOCATION, TIME
    6  AND AGENDA OF SUCH MEETINGS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
    7  MILLION  OR MORE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "PARENT
    8  EDUCATION ADVOCATES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PARENT ASSOCI-
    9  ATIONS, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS, PRESIDENTS
   10  COUNCILS, DISTRICT  LEADERSHIP  TEAMS  AND  CITYWIDE  AND  COMMUNITYWIDE
   11  EDUCATION COUNCILS.
   12    C.  AT  EACH MEETING OF THE REGENTS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION
   13  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE PUBLIC SHALL BE ALLOTTED A PERIOD  OF  TIME,
   14  NOT  LESS  THAN THIRTY MINUTES, TO SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC ON THE AGENDA. THE
   15  PUBLIC SPEAKING PERIOD SHALL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ANY BOARD OR  COMMITTEE
   16  ACTION.
   17    4. EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE REGENTS SHALL BE WEBCAST IN THE SAME
   18  MANNER AS GENERAL BOARD MEETINGS.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   20  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
   21  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   22  tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on  or
   23  before such date.