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                                    470
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  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 panel  for  educa-
   tional policy 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. Subdivision 3 of section 2590-a of the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 330 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  City  board. The term "city board" shall mean the [board of educa-
 tion of the city district] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY.
   § 2. 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:
   1.  (a) The board of education of the city school district of the city
 of New York is hereby continued AS THE  PANEL  FOR  EDUCATIONAL  POLICY.
 Such  [board of education] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY shall consist of
 thirteen appointed members: one member to be appointed by  each  borough
 president  of the city of New York; and eight 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] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL
 POLICY.  The [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY shall  elect  its
 own  chairperson  from  among its voting members. All thirteen appointed
 members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing  authority  [and].
 A  MEMBER  SHALL  BE PROVIDED WITH A NOTICE OF DISCHARGE, DISMISSAL OR A
 REQUEST FOR RESIGNATION OF SUCH MEMBER, NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS  PRIOR
 TO  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH ACTION. NOTWITHSTANDING SUCH NOTICE, SUCH
 MEMBER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERSHIP  ON
 SUCH  BOARD UNTIL SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE. NO MEMBER shall [not] be employed
 in any capacity by the city of New York, or a  subdivision  thereof,  or
 the  [city  board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY.  No appointed member of
 the [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY shall also  be  a  member,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 officer, or employee of any public corporation, authority, or commission
 where  the  mayor of the city of New York has a majority of the appoint-
 ments. Each borough president's appointee shall be  a  resident  of  the
 borough  for  which  the  borough  president  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 shall be parents of  a
 child  attending  a  public school within the city district.  All parent
 members shall be eligible to continue to serve on the [city board] PANEL
 FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY 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  appropriate  appointing
 authority  within  ninety  days  of  such  vacancy.  Notwithstanding any
 provision of local law, the members of the [board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL
 POLICY shall not have staff, offices, or vehicles assigned  to  them  or
 receive compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for the
 actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred by them in the performance of
 their duties.
   (b) The [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY shall hold at  least
 one  regular public meeting per month. At least one regular public meet-
 ing shall be held in each borough of the city of New York per year;  any
 additional meetings may be called at the request of the chairperson. The
 [city  board]  PANEL  FOR  EDUCATIONAL POLICY shall consider appropriate
 public accommodations when selecting a venue so as to  maximize  partic-
 ipation by parents and the community.
   (c)  (i)  Notice  of  the  time, place and agenda for all [city board]
 PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY regular public meetings shall  be  publicly
 provided, including via the [city board's] PANEL'S official internet web
 site,  and  specifically  circulated  to  all community superintendents,
 community district education  councils,  community  boards,  and  school
 based  management  teams,  at least ten business days in advance of such
 meeting.
   (ii) A [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY regular public  meet-
 ing  agenda  shall  be  comprised of a list and brief description of the
 subject matter being considered, identification of all items subject  to
 a  [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY vote, and the name, office,
 address, email address and telephone number of a city district represen-
 tative, knowledgeable on the agenda, from whom any  information  may  be
 obtained  and to whom written comments may be submitted concerning items
 on such agenda.
   (d) The chairperson of the [city board] PANEL FOR  EDUCATIONAL  POLICY
 shall  ensure that at every regular public meeting there is a sufficient
 period of time to allow for public comment on any topic  on  the  agenda
 prior to any [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY vote.
   (e)  Minutes  of all [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY regular
 public meetings shall be made  publicly  available,  including  via  the
 [city board's] PANEL'S official internet website, in a timely manner but
 no  later than the subsequent regular [city board] PANEL FOR EDUCATIONAL
 POLICY meeting.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
 amendments to subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law  made
 by  section  two  of  this  act  shall not affect the expiration of such
 subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.