Assembly Bill A2619

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the electronic and print publication of certain school district reports; defines "local officer or employee" to include school officials

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2619 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2-c, Ed L; amd §810, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2683
2013-2014: A3218
2015-2016: A3296
2017-2018: A7343
2019-2020: A5357
2021-2022: A5628
2023-2024: A4683
2025-2026: A1775

2009-A2619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the electronic and print publication of certain school district reports within 7 days after approval; defines "local officer or employee" to include certain school officials.

2009-A2619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2619

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. FITZPATRICK, FINCH, WALKER, BALL, McKEVITT --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. BARCLAY, CALHOUN, KOLB, RAIA,  THIELE,
  TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to electronic and print
  publication of certain school  district  reports,  and  to  amend  the
  general municipal law, in relation to additional definitions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2-c to
read as follows:
  S 2-C. PUBLICATION OF SCHOOL  REPORTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  CONTRARY
PROVISION  OF LAW OR REGULATION, NO LATER THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER
THE APPROVAL BY ANY TRUSTEE, PRINCIPAL, OFFICER, OR BOARD  OF  EDUCATION
OF  ANY  PUBLIC SCHOOL IN ANY BOCES, CITY, UNION FREE, COMMON OR CENTRAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY CHARTER SCHOOL, SUCH SCHOOL SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE
ON  A  SCHOOL  OR  DISTRICT SPONSORED WEBSITE AND IN PRINTED FORM AT THE
DISTRICT OFFICE ALL AUDIT REPORTS, PROPOSED AND ENACTED BUDGETS, EXPEND-
ITURE  REPORTS,  UNION  CONTRACTS,  SUPERINTENDENT  CONTRACTS,  AND  THE
MINUTES OF ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
  S  2.  Subdivision  3  of section 810 of the general municipal law, as
amended by chapter 356 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  The  term "local officer or employee" shall mean A SUPERINTENDENT,
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OR SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL AS WELL AS the heads
(other than local elected officials) of any  agency,  department,  divi-
sion,  council,  board, commission, or bureau of a political subdivision
and their deputies and assistants, and the  officers  and  employees  of
such  agencies,  departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or
councils who hold policy-making positions, as annually determined by the
appointing authority and set forth in a written instrument  which  shall
be  filed with the appropriate body during the month of February; except

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02955-01-9

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