NY State Senate Bill 2011-S6322

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Mar 12, 2012	committee discharged and committed to rules notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 25, 2012	referred to higher education

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2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9127
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S1411, A5313
2015-2016: S965, A3061
2017-2018: S3739, A6437
2019-2020: S789, A3921

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6322

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to monthly meetings of the New
York state board of regents

PURPOSE:
To encourage the parents of New York City students to attend and
participate in New York State Board of Regents meetings by requiring
at least two meetings each year to be held in New York City.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends section 204 of the education law by adding two new subsections
to the law.

New subsection 3 requires that the Board of Regents hold at least two
meetings each year in a city having a population of one million or
more (New York City). These meetings will he held at. time that will
allow for parental attendance and participation.

The Regents must announce the time, location, and agenda of these
meetings. These announcements will be made available on the Regents'
public website as well as the NYC Department of Education website.
The NYC Department of Education shall also much these announcements
to parent education advocates, teachers, principals, and school

administrators.

At each Regents meeting held in NYC, there will be a period of time
not less than 30 minutes prior to any board or committee action
during which members of the public may speak on any topic on the
agenda.

Committee meetings will be webcast in the same manner as general board
meetings.

JUSTIFICATION:
This bill is a response in part to requests made by parent education
associations for more input into decisions made by the New York
State Board of Regents, the governing body for the state education
system. Enactment of this bill would allow parents direct access to
policy changes and other relevant information that would affect their
children's education. This bill will increase transparency and
accountability when it comes to decisions made at the state level
that impact all stakeholders in the education system, including
students, parents, and teachers.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Unknown.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 120 days after it becomes law. Effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or


regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date is authorized to be made on or before such date.

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

    S. 6322                                                  A. 9127

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2012
                               ___________

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:

  Section  1.  Section  204  of  the education law is amended to read as
follows:
  S 204. Meetings and absences. 1. The regents may provide  for  regular
meetings,  and  the chancellor, or the commissioner of education, or any
five regents, may at any time call a special meeting  of  the  board  of
regents  and  fix  the  time  and place therefor; and at least ten days'
notice of every meeting shall be mailed to the  usual  address  of  each
regent.
  2.  If  any  regent  shall  fail to attend three consecutive meetings,
without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, he may be deemed
to have resigned and the regents shall then report the  vacancy  to  the
legislature, which shall fill it.
  3.  A.  THE  REGENTS SHALL HOLD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS IN EACH CALENDAR
YEAR IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH MEETINGS
SHALL BE HELD AT A TIME TO ENSURE PARENTAL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
  B. (I) THE REGENTS SHALL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION,  TIME  AND  AGENDA  OF
EACH  MEETING TO BE HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
MORE WHENEVER SUCH MEETING IS SCHEDULED, BUT NOT LATER THAN THREE  WEEKS
BEFORE  THE  MEETING  DATE  TO  ALLOW  ADEQUATE  TIME FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF AN AGENDA FOR ANY SUCH MEETING IS NOT  AVAIL-
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

  (II) SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE REGENTS' PUBLIC
WEBSITE  AND  THE  NEW  YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE IN THE
SAME MANNER AS OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
DEPARTMENT  OF EDUCATION SHALL INFORM PARENT EDUCATION ADVOCATES, TEACH-
ERS,  PRINCIPALS  AND  OTHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF THE LOCATION, TIME
AND AGENDA OF SUCH MEETINGS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
MILLION  OR MORE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "PARENT
EDUCATION ADVOCATES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PARENT ASSOCI-
ATIONS, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS, PRESIDENTS
COUNCILS, DISTRICT  LEADERSHIP  TEAMS  AND  CITYWIDE  AND  COMMUNITYWIDE
EDUCATION COUNCILS.
  C.  AT  EACH MEETING OF THE REGENTS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION
OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE PUBLIC SHALL BE ALLOTTED A PERIOD  OF  TIME,
NOT  LESS  THAN THIRTY MINUTES, TO SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC ON THE AGENDA. THE
PUBLIC SPEAKING PERIOD SHALL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ANY BOARD OR  COMMITTEE
ACTION.
  4. EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE REGENTS SHALL BE WEBCAST IN THE SAME
MANNER AS GENERAL BOARD MEETINGS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on  or
before such date.

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Senate Bill S6322

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2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Velmanette Montgomery

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co-Sponsors

Eric Adams

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Tony Avella

Liz Krueger

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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