Assembly Bill A788

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the appointment of paid employees of the city of Yonkers as members of the board of education of the city school district of such city

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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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2017-A788 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2553, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2484
2011-2012: A3207
2013-2014: A3958
2015-2016: A1565
2019-2020: A3255
2021-2022: A1766
2023-2024: A4740

2017-A788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the appointment of paid employees of the city of Yonkers or any public benefit corporation thereof as members of the board of education of the city school district of such city; requires the appointment of members of such board to reflect the diversity of such city.

2017-A788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    788
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the appointment of the
   members of the board of education of the city school district  of  the
   city of Yonkers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2553  of  the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 242 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  In  the city school district of the city of Yonkers members of the
 board of education shall be appointed from the  city  at  large  by  the
 mayor  and  shall be for terms of five years each, to begin on the first
 Tuesday in May. PROVIDED THAT NO PERSON WHO IS AN OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE,
 IN A PAID CAPACITY AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH POSITION IS ON A FULL-
 TIME  OR  PART-TIME  BASIS, OF THE CITY OF YONKERS OR ANY PUBLIC BENEFIT
 CORPORATION WHICH IS FUNDED  DIRECTLY  OR  THROUGH  SUBCONTRACT  BY  THE
 MONIES OF OR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SUCH CITY, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS
 A  MEMBER  OF  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE
 CITY OF YONKERS. THE MAYOR SHALL MAKE APPOINTMENTS OF  SUCH  MEMBERS  TO
 REFLECT  THE  DIVERSITY,  IN  GENDER AND ETHNIC HERITAGE, OF THE CITY OF
 YONKERS.
   § 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
 appointments  to  fill  vacancies  on the board of education of the city
 school district of the city of Yonkers on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04457-01-7

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