NY State Senate Bill 2019-S789

Senate Bill S789

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that the NYS board of regents holds at least 2 meetings a year in the city of New York

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to education
Feb 05, 2019	referred to finance
Jan 09, 2019	referred to education

Votes

- Feb 5, 2019 - Education Committee Vote
  S789
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Education Committee Vote: Feb 5, 2019
      
      aye (13)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Brooks
      
      Jackson
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Robach
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      LaValle
      
      Seward

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2019-S789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3921
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6322, A9127
2013-2014: S1411, A5313
2015-2016: S965, A3061
2017-2018: S3739, A6437

2019-S789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the NYS board of regents hold at least 2 meetings a year in New York city and requires announcements of the time, date, location and agenda thereof.

2019-S789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S789

SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  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

 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

To encourage the parents of New York City students to attend and partic-
ipate in New York State Board of Regents meetings by requiring at least
two meetings each year to be held in New York City.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends section 204 of the education law by adding two new subsections to
the law.

New subsection 3 requires that the Board of Regents hold at, least two
meetings each year in the city of New York. These meetings will be held
at time that will allow for parental attendance and participation.

The Regents must announce the time, location, and agenda of these meet-
ings. These announcements will be made available on the Regents' public
website as well as the NYC Department of Education website.  The NYC
Department of Education shall also much these announcements to parent
education advocates, teachers, principals, and school administrators.

At each Regents meeting held in NYC, there will be a period of time not
less than 30 minutes prior to any board or committee action during which
members of the public may speak on any topic on the agenda.

Committee meetings will be webcast in the same manner as general board
meetings.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is a response in part to requests made by parent education
associations for more input into decisions made by the New York State
Board of Regents, the governing body for the state education system.
Enactment of this bill would allow parents direct access to policy
changes and other relevant information that would affect their chil-
dren's education. This bill will increase transparency and accountabil-
ity when it comes to decisions made at the state level that impact all
stakeholders in the education system, including students, parents, and
teachers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-2012: S.6322 - Referred to and died in Higher Education;
2013-2014: S.1411 - Referred to and died in Higher Education.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 120 days after it becomes law. Effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized to be made on or before such date.

2019-S789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    789
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY, ADDABBO, COMRIE, PARKER -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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

 S. 789                              2
 
   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.

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