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                                   3921
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. WEPRIN, PERRY, WALKER, SOLAGES, BARRON, COOK,
   RIVERA, ARROYO, PICHARDO, CRESPO, BENEDETTO, CARROLL -- read once  and
   referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that the New
   York  state  board of regents hold at least two meetings a year in 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.  Section 204 of the education law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 5 and 6 to read as follows:
   5. 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
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02887-01-9
              

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   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.
   6. EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE REGENTS SHALL BE WEBCAST IN THE SAME
 MANNER AS GENERAL BOARD MEETINGS.
   § 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 are authorized to be made on or
 before such date.