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                                  1411

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ADAMS, ADDABBO, AVELLA, KRUEGER, PARKER,
  SAVINO  --  read  twice  and  ordered  printed, and when printed to be
  committed to the Committee on Higher 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.
  (II) SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE REGENTS' PUBLIC
WEBSITE AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION  WEBSITE  IN  THE

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

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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.