Assembly Bill A3247

2015-2016 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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2015-A3247 (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
2013-2014: A3061
2017-2018: A3724
2019-2020: A4732
2021-2022: A2391
2023-2024: A1306

2015-A3247 (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.

2015-A3247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3247

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY, CLARK, WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. PERRY -- 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.
                                                           LBD07630-01-5

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