Assembly Bill A3061

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for defense and indemnification of parents serving in certain authorized positions in N.Y. city community school districts in suits by 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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2013-A3061 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2560, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3724
2011-2012: A4583
2015-2016: A3247
2017-2018: A3724
2019-2020: A4732
2021-2022: A2391
2023-2024: A1306

2013-A3061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for defense and indemnification of a duly elected officer of a parents' association in New York City community school districts in suits by community board members or superintendents or school principals.

2013-A3061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3061

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, CLARK, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the defense and indem-
  nification  of  certain  persons  serving  in the New York city school
  district

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 2560 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 273 of the laws  of  1986,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special
or  local,  or  the  limitation  contained in the provisions of any city
charter, any duly appointed member of the board of education in  a  city
having a population of one million or more, the members of each communi-
ty  school  board in such city, the teaching or supervising staff, offi-
cer, or employee of such board and of each such community school  board,
member of a committee on special education or subcommittee thereof [or],
authorized  participant in the school volunteer program in such city, OR
DULY APPOINTED OR ELECTED OFFICER OF A PARENTS' ASSOCIATION IN SUCH CITY
shall be entitled to legal representation and  indemnification  pursuant
to  the  provisions  of,  and  subject to the conditions, procedures and
limitations contained in section fifty-k of the general  municipal  law,
except that any judgment or settlement pursuant to this section shall be
payable from the monies of the board of education.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06003-01-3

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