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                                   1510
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing the president
   of the  citywide  council  on  high  schools  to  participate  in  the
   selection  of  the  members  of  the board of education elected by the
   community district education council presidents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 sion 1 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by section 1  of
 part  ZZ  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2024, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (D) Commencing on July first, two thousand  [twenty-four]  TWENTY-SIX,
 the  board of education shall consist of twenty-four voting members: one
 member to be appointed by each borough president  of  the  city  of  New
 York; five members, one from each borough of the city of New York, to be
 elected by community district education council presidents AND THE PRES-
 IDENT  OF  THE  CITYWIDE COUNCIL ON HIGH SCHOOLS; one independent member
 who shall serve as chair of the board  and  who  shall  be  selected  as
 established  in  subparagraph  three  of  this  paragraph;  and thirteen
 members to be appointed by the mayor  of  the  city  of  New  York.  The
 initial  term  of  the  chair selected pursuant to subparagraph three of
 this paragraph shall commence on September fifteenth, two thousand twen-
 ty-four and shall end on September fourteenth, two thousand twenty-five;
 thereafter the chair shall serve  for  a  one-year  term  commencing  on
 September  fifteenth.  The chancellor shall continue regulations promul-
 gated under clause (C) of this subparagraph establishing a  process  for
 community  district education council presidents to elect members of the
 board, and processes for removal of such members and for the filling  of
 such  positions in the event of a vacancy. Appointed members and members
 elected by community district education council presidents  pursuant  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 clause (C) of this subparagraph and commencing a term on July first, two
 thousand twenty-four shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two
 thousand  twenty-five.    Thereafter,  appointed members and the members
 elected  by  community district education council presidents shall serve
 for a one-year term commencing on July first.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on July 1,  2026;  provided,  however,
 that  the amendments to clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law made by section one
 of this act shall not affect the expiration or repeal  of  such  section
 and subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.