NY State Assembly Bill 2021-A2406B

Assembly Bill A2406B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements associated with the New York city community school district system

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to education
Jun 07, 2021	print number 2406b
Jun 07, 2021	amend and recommit to education
May 28, 2021	print number 2406a
May 28, 2021	amend (t) and recommit to education
Jan 19, 2021	referred to education

Bill Amendments

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2021-A2406 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2590-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A8264

2021-A2406 - Summary

Relates to requirements associated with the New York city community school district system; permits city-wide council presidents to vote for a member of the city board; allows parents whose children who at any time in the past enrolled in a bilingual or English as a second language program to serve on the city-wide council on English language learners.

2021-A2406 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2406
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requirements  associ-
   ated with the New York city community school district system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Clause (B) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a)  of  subdivi-
 sion  1  of  section  2590-b of the education law, as amended by section
 43-b of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (B) Commencing on July first, two thousand twenty, the board of educa-
 tion  shall  consist  of  fifteen members: one member to be appointed by
 each borough president of the city of New York, one member to be elected
 by community district education AND CITY-WIDE  council  presidents,  and
 nine members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York. On or
 before  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  nineteen, the chancellor
 shall  promulgate  regulations  establishing  a  process  for  community
 district education AND CITY-WIDE council presidents to elect a member of
 the  board, and processes for removal of such member and for the filling
 of such position in the event of a vacancy. The first member elected  by
 community  district  education AND CITY-WIDE council presidents pursuant
 to such regulations shall take office on July first, two thousand twenty
 and shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two  thousand  twen-
 ty-two.   Thereafter, the member elected by community district education
 council presidents shall serve for a two year term  commencing  on  July
 first.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section
 2590-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of  the  laws  of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  nine voting members who shall be parents of students who [are] AT
 ANY TIME IN THE PAST ENROLLED in a bilingual  or  English  as  a  second
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03694-01-1

 A. 2406                             2
 
 language  program  conducted pursuant to section thirty-two hundred four
 of this chapter, some of whom may be parents of students who  have  been
 in  such  a  program [within the preceding two years] AT ANY TIME IN THE
 PAST,  to  be  selected  by parents of students who receive OR HAVE EVER
 RECEIVED such services pursuant to a representative process developed by
 the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term;
   § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  6  of  section
 2590-b  of  the education law, as amended by section 43-g of part YYY of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows
   (i) ten voting members who shall  be  parents  of  students  attending
 public  high  schools. For councils whose terms begin prior to two thou-
 sand twenty, two members representing each borough shall be selected  by
 presidents and officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers'
 associations  in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established
 by the chancellor. For councils whose terms begin in two thousand  twen-
 ty-one  and  thereafter,  two members representing each borough shall be
 SELECTED BY parents of public  high  school  students  in  the  relevant
 borough,  pursuant  to  a  process  established  by the chancellor. Such
 members shall serve a two year term, and shall be eligible  to  continue
 serving  their term following the conclusion of their child's attendance
 at a public high school;
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to section 2590-b of the education law made by sections
 one, two and three of this act shall not affect the expiration or repeal
 of such provisions and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.

2021-A2406A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2590-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A8264

2021-A2406A - Summary

2021-A2406A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2406--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requirements associ-
   ated with the New York city community school district system  and  the
   length of certain council members' terms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 2590-b of the education law is amended by adding a  new  clause  (C)  to
 read as follows:
   (C)  COMMENCING  ON  JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION SHALL CONSIST OF FIFTEEN MEMBERS: ONE MEMBER TO  BE  APPOINTED
 BY  EACH  BOROUGH  PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ONE  MEMBER TO  BE
 ELECTED BY COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION  AND  CITY-WIDE  COUNCIL  PRESI-
 DENTS,  AND NINE MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK. ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  THE
 CHANCELLOR  SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHING  A  PROCESS FOR
 COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION AND CITY-WIDE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS TO ELECT A
 MEMBER  OF  THE  BOARD, AND PROCESSES FOR REMOVAL OF SUCH MEMBER AND FOR
 THE FILLING OF SUCH POSITION IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY. THE FIRST MEMBER
 ELECTED BY COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION AND CITY-WIDE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS
 PURSUANT TO SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL TAKE OFFICE ON JULY FIRST, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-TWO AND SHALL SERVE A TERM THAT ENDS ON JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR. THEREAFTER,  THE    MEMBER  ELECTED  BY  COMMUNITY
 DISTRICT  EDUCATION  AND  CITY-WIDE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS SHALL SERVE FOR A
 TWO YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON JULY FIRST.
   § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section  2590-b
 of  the education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is
 amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03694-11-1

 A. 2406--A                          2
 
   (1) nine voting members who shall be parents of students with individ-
 ualized education programs, to be selected by parents of  students  with
 individualized  education  programs pursuant to a representative process
 developed by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a  two  year  term
 AND  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  CONTINUE  SERVING THEIR TERM FOLLOWING THE
 CONCLUSION OF THEIR CHILD'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM;
   § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  5  of  section
 2590-b  of  the  education law, as amended by chapter 103 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) nine voting members who shall be parents of students who [are]  AT
 ANY  TIME  IN  THE  PAST  ENROLLED in a bilingual or English as a second
 language program conducted pursuant to section thirty-two  hundred  four
 of  this chapter[, some of whom may be parents of students who have been
 in such a program within the preceding two years],  to  be  selected  by
 parents  of  students  who  receive  OR HAVE EVER RECEIVED such services
 pursuant to a representative process developed by the  chancellor.  Such
 members  shall  serve  a two year term AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE
 SERVING THEIR TERM FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR CHILD'S  ENROLLMENT
 IN A BILINGUAL OR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM;
   §  4.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
 2590-b of the education law, as amended by section 43-g of part  YYY  of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  ten  voting  members  who  shall be parents of students attending
 public high schools. For councils whose terms begin prior to  two  thou-
 sand  twenty, two members representing each borough shall be selected by
 presidents and officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers'
 associations in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process  established
 by  the chancellor. For councils whose terms begin in two thousand twen-
 ty-one [and thereafter], two members representing each borough shall  be
 parents of public high school students in the relevant borough, pursuant
 to  a process established by the chancellor.  Such members shall serve a
 two year term, and shall be eligible  to  continue  serving  their  term
 following  the  conclusion  of their child's attendance at a public high
 school.  FOR COUNCILS WHOSE TERMS BEGIN IN TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO  AND
 THEREAFTER,  TWO  MEMBERS REPRESENTING EACH BOROUGH SHALL BE SELECTED BY
 PARENTS OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE RELEVANT BOROUGH, PURSUANT
 TO A PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY THE CHANCELLOR. SUCH MEMBERS SHALL  SERVE  A
 TWO  YEAR  TERM,  AND  SHALL  BE ELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE SERVING THEIR TERM
 FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR CHILD'S ATTENDANCE AT  A  PUBLIC  HIGH
 SCHOOL;
   §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 2590-b of the education law made  by  sections
 one,  two, three and four of this act shall not affect the expiration or
 repeal of such provisions and shall expire and be deemed repealed there-
 with.

2021-A2406B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2590-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A8264

2021-A2406B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-A2406B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2406--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
   reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requirements associ-
   ated with the New York city community school district system  and  the
   length of certain council members' terms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 2590-b of the education law is amended by adding a  new  clause  (C)  to
 read as follows:
   (C)  COMMENCING  ON  JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION SHALL CONSIST OF FIFTEEN MEMBERS: ONE MEMBER TO  BE  APPOINTED
 BY  EACH  BOROUGH  PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ONE  MEMBER TO  BE
 ELECTED BY COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION  AND  CITY-WIDE  COUNCIL  PRESI-
 DENTS,  AND NINE MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK. ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  THE
 CHANCELLOR  SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHING  A  PROCESS FOR
 COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION AND CITY-WIDE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS TO ELECT A
 MEMBER  OF  THE  BOARD, AND PROCESSES FOR REMOVAL OF SUCH MEMBER AND FOR
 THE FILLING OF SUCH POSITION IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY. THE FIRST MEMBER
 ELECTED BY COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION AND CITY-WIDE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS
 PURSUANT TO SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL TAKE OFFICE ON JULY FIRST, TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-TWO AND SHALL SERVE A TERM THAT ENDS ON JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR. THEREAFTER,  THE    MEMBER  ELECTED  BY  COMMUNITY
 DISTRICT  EDUCATION  AND  CITY-WIDE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS SHALL SERVE FOR A
 TWO YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON JULY FIRST.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03694-13-1

 A. 2406--B                          2
 
   § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 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) nine voting members who shall be parents of students with individ-
 ualized  education  programs, to be selected by parents of students with
 individualized education programs pursuant to a  representative  process
 developed  by  the  chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term
 AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO  CONTINUE  SERVING  THEIR  TERM  FOLLOWING  THE
 CONCLUSION OF THEIR CHILD'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM;
   §  3.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section
 2590-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of  the  laws  of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  nine voting members who shall be parents of students who [are] AT
 ANY TIME IN THE PAST ENROLLED in a bilingual  or  English  as  a  second
 language  program  conducted pursuant to section thirty-two hundred four
 of this chapter[, some of whom may be parents of students who have  been
 in  such  a  program  within the preceding two years], to be selected by
 parents of students who receive OR  HAVE  EVER  RECEIVED  such  services
 pursuant  to  a representative process developed by the chancellor. Such
 members shall serve a two year term AND SHALL BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  CONTINUE
 SERVING  THEIR TERM FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR CHILD'S ENROLLMENT
 IN A BILINGUAL OR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM;
   § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  6  of  section
 2590-b  of  the education law, as amended by section 43-g of part YYY of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) ten voting members who shall  be  parents  of  students  attending
 public  high  schools. For councils whose terms begin prior to two thou-
 sand twenty, two members representing each borough shall be selected  by
 presidents and officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers'
 associations  in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established
 by the chancellor. For councils whose terms begin in two thousand  twen-
 ty-one  [and thereafter], two members representing each borough shall be
 parents of public high school students in the relevant borough, pursuant
 to a process established by the chancellor.  Such members shall serve  a
 two  year  term,  and  shall  be eligible to continue serving their term
 following the conclusion of their child's attendance at  a  public  high
 school.    FOR COUNCILS WHOSE TERMS BEGIN IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND
 THEREAFTER, TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING EACH BOROUGH SHALL BE  SELECTED  BY
 PARENTS OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE RELEVANT BOROUGH, PURSUANT
 TO  A  PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY THE CHANCELLOR. SUCH MEMBERS SHALL SERVE A
 TWO YEAR TERM, AND SHALL BE ELIGIBLE  TO  CONTINUE  SERVING  THEIR  TERM
 FOLLOWING  THE  CONCLUSION  OF THEIR CHILD'S ATTENDANCE AT A PUBLIC HIGH
 SCHOOL;
   § 5. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6  of  section
 2590-b  of  the  education  law,  as added by chapter 345 of the laws of
 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) one voting member who shall be a parent of a student WHO AT  ANY
 TIME IN THE PAST ENROLLED in a bilingual or English as a second language
 program  conducted  in  a  public  high  school.  Such  member  shall be
 appointed by the city-wide council on  English  language  learners,  and
 shall serve a two year term;
   §  6.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 2590-b of the education law made  by  sections
 one,  two, three, four and five of this act shall not affect the expira-
 tion or repeal of  such  provisions  and  shall  expire  and  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.

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