STATUS:
A8004
Rivera P No Same asEducation LawTITLE....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 New York city school district05/25/11 referred to education
SUMMARY:
P. RIVERA, STEVENSON, BARRON, N. RIVERA; M-S: ArroyoAmd SS2590-b & 2590-c, Ed LRequires at least one parent of a child attending a charter school to be a member of the board of education andthe various councils of the city school district of the city of New York.
BILL TEXT:
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________80042011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2011___________Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to theCommittee on EducationAN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring parentalrepresentation on the board of education of the city school districtof the city of New York and on certain other councils for such schooldistrict
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 the2 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended3 to read as follows:4 (a) The board of education of the city school district of the city of5 New York is hereby continued. Such board of education shall consist of6 thirteen appointed members: one member to be appointed by each borough7 president of the city of New York; and eight members to be appointed by8 the mayor of the city of New York. The chancellor shall serve as an9 ex-officio non-voting member of the city board. The city board shall10 elect its own chairperson from among its voting members. All thirteen11 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, or13 a subdivision thereof, or the city board. No appointed member of the14 city board shall also be a member, officer, or employee of any public15 corporation, authority, or commission where the mayor of the city of New16 York has a majority of the appointments. Each borough president's17 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 the20 city of New York. Each mayoral appointee shall be a resident of the21 city [
and two
]
at least one of which
shall be [
parents
]
a parent
of a22 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.LBD11811-01-1A. 8004 21
within the city district
. All parent members shall be eligible to2 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 by5 the appropriate appointing authority within ninety days of such vacancy.6 Notwithstanding any provision of local law, the members of the board7 shall not have staff, offices, or vehicles assigned to them or receive8 compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for the actual9 and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their10 duties.11 § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2590-b12 of the education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is13 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 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section20 2590-b of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of21 2009, is amended to read as follows:22 (i) nine voting members who shall be parents of students who are in a23 bilingual or English as a second language program conducted pursuant to24 section thirty-two hundred four of this chapter,
including one from a
25
charter school within the city district,
to be selected by parents of26 students who receive such services pursuant to a representative process27 developed by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;28 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section29 2590-b of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of30 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
. Two34 members representing each borough shall be selected by presidents and35 officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers' associations36 in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established by the chan-37 cellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;38 § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-c of the education39 law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read40 as follows:41 (a) Nine voting members shall be parents whose children are attending42 a school under the jurisdiction of the community district, or have43 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 presidents48 and officers of the parents' association or parent-teachers' associ-49 ation. Such members shall serve for a term of two years. Presidents and50 officers of parents' associations or parent-teachers' associations who51 are candidates in the selection process pursuant to this section shall52 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 or54 officer for the purposes of the selection process.55 § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding56 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that the amend-A. 8004 31 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 such3 section and shall expire therewith; provided, further, that the amend-4 ments to section 2590-c of the education law, made by section five of5 this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall6 expire therewith.
SPONSORS MEMO:
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATIONsubmitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(e)
BILL NUMBER:
A8004
SPONSOR:
Rivera P
TITLE OF BILL
: An act to amend the education law, in relation torequiring parental representation on the board of education of the cityschool district of the city of New York and on certain other councilsfor such school district
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL
: The bill requires at least oneparent of a child attending a charter school to be a member of the boardof education and the various councils of the New York City schooldistricts.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
: Section 1 amends paragraph (a) ofSubdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law to require that atleast one of the two mayoral appointees to the city school districtboard of education be a parent of a child attending a charter schoolwithin the city district. The parent appointee can continue to serve inthe board for two years after their child conclusion of their child'sattendance at a charter school.Section 2 amends subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 ofsection 2590-b of the education law to include a parent of a childattending a charter school within the city district in the nine votingmembers of city-wide council on Special Education.Section 3 amends subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 ofsection 2590-b of the education law to include a parent of a childattending a charter school within the city district in the nine votingmembers of the city-wide council on. English language.Section 4 amends subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 ofsection 2590-b of the education law to include a parent of a childattending a charter school within the city district in the nine votingmembers of the city-wide council on high schools.Section 5 amends Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-c of theeducation law to include a parent of a child attending a charter schoolwithin the city district in the nine voting members of the communitydistrict education councils
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