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                                   6440
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, RIVERA, PERRY, MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  ARROYO, COOK -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mayoral control of the
   city school district of the city of New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section  2590-b  of  the
 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  The board of education of the city school district of the city of
 New York is hereby continued. Such board of education shall  consist  of
 thirteen  appointed  members: one member to be appointed by each borough
 president of the city of New York; FOUR BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF WHOM
 SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, ONE OF WHOM  SHALL
 BE A MEMBER OF PARENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A MEMBER OF
 A  COMMUNITY  DISTRICT EDUCATION COUNCIL; and [eight] FOUR members to be
 appointed by the mayor of the city of New  York.  The  chancellor  shall
 serve  as  an  ex-officio  non-voting member of the city board. The city
 board shall elect its own chairperson from among its voting members. All
 thirteen appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
 authority and shall not be employed in any capacity by the city  of  New
 York,  or  a subdivision thereof, or the city board. No appointed member
 of the city board shall also be a member, officer, or  employee  of  any
 public corporation, authority, or commission where the mayor of the city
 of New York has a majority of the appointments. Each borough president's
 appointee shall be a resident of the borough for which the borough pres-
 ident  appointing  him  or  her was elected and shall be the parent of a
 child attending a public school within the city school district  of  the
 city  of  New  York.   Each mayoral appointee shall be a resident of the
 city and [two] ONE shall be [parents] A PARENT of a  child  attending  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 public  school  within  the city district.   All parent members shall be
 eligible to continue to serve on the city board for two years  following
 the conclusion of their child's attendance at a public school within the
 city  district. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the appro-
 priate appointing authority within ninety days of such vacancy. Notwith-
 standing any provision of local law, the members of the board shall  not
 have  staff,  offices,  or  vehicles assigned to them or receive compen-
 sation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for  the  actual  and
 necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
   §  2. The opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 345 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   The  office  of  chancellor  of the city district is hereby continued.
 Such chancellor shall serve at the pleasure of and be  employed  by  the
 [mayor]  CITY  BOARD  of the city of New York by contract. The length of
 such contract shall not exceed by more than two years the term of office
 of the [mayor] CITY BOARD  authorizing  such  contract.  The  chancellor
 shall  receive a salary to be fixed by the [mayor] CITY BOARD within the
 budgetary allocation therefor. He or she shall exercise all his  or  her
 powers and duties in a manner not inconsistent with the city-wide educa-
 tional policies of the city board. The chancellor shall have the follow-
 ing  powers and duties as the superintendent of schools and chief execu-
 tive officer for the city district, which the chancellor shall  exercise
 to  promote  an  equal  educational  opportunity for all students in the
 schools of the city district, promote  fiscal  and  educational  equity,
 increase  student achievement and school performance and encourage local
 school-based innovation, including the power and duty to:
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 1  of  section 2590-b and the opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the
 education law made by sections one and two of this act shall not  affect
 the  expiration  of such provisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
 with.