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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:

  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.
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  (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.