Assembly Bill A9436

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits borough presidents to remove persons they appointed to a community district education council for criminal wrongdoing or misconduct

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A9436 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2590-c, Ed L

2023-A9436 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits borough presidents to remove persons they appointed to a community district education council for criminal wrongdoing or misconduct.

2023-A9436 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9436
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 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  permitting  borough
   presidents  to  remove  persons they appointed to a community district
   education council for criminal wrongdoing or misconduct
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 6 of section 2590-c of the
 education law, as amended by chapter 364 of the laws of 2022, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) In addition to the conditions enumerated in  the  public  officers
 law creating a vacancy[,]:
   (1)  a member of a community district education council who refuses or
 neglects to attend three meetings of such council of which he or she  is
 duly  notified,  without  rendering  in  writing a good and valid excuse
 therefore vacates his or her office by refusal to  serve.  Each  absence
 and  any  written  excuse rendered shall be included within the official
 written minutes of such meeting. After the third unexcused  absence  the
 community council shall declare a vacancy to the chancellor.
   (2)  A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION COUNCIL APPOINTED BY A
 BOROUGH PRESIDENT WHO ENGAGES IN CRIMINAL WRONGDOING OR  MISCONDUCT,  AS
 SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED  BY  THE  CHANCELLOR,  MAY  BE REMOVED FROM SUCH
 APPOINTMENT BY THE APPOINTING  BOROUGH  PRESIDENT  UPON  SUCH  TIME  THE
 COMMUNITY COUNCIL SHALL DECLARE A VACANCY TO THE CHANCELLOR.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 2590-c of the education
 law,  as added by chapter 739 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) In addition to the conditions enumerated in  the  public  officers
 law creating a vacancy[,]:
   (1)  a  member  of a community board who refuses or neglects to attend
 three meetings of his board  of  which  he  is  duly  notified,  without
 rendering in writing a good and valid excuse therefor vacates his office
 by  refusal to serve. Each absence and any written excuse rendered shall
 be included within the official written minutes of such  meeting.  After
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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