STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5034 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 27, 2023 ___________ 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 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: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2 2590-b of the education law is amended by adding a new clause (D) to 3 read as follows: 4 (D) Commencing on July first, two thousand twenty-three, the board of 5 education shall consist of fifteen members: one member to be appointed 6 by each borough president of the city of New York, one member to be 7 elected by community district education and city-wide council presi- 8 dents, and nine members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New 9 York. On or before March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-three, the 10 chancellor shall promulgate regulations establishing a process for 11 community district education and city-wide council presidents to elect a 12 member of the board, and processes for removal of such member and for 13 the filling of such position in the event of a vacancy. The first member 14 elected by community district education and city-wide council presidents 15 pursuant to such regulations shall take office on July first, two thou- 16 sand twenty-three and shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, 17 two thousand twenty-five. Thereafter, the member elected by community 18 district education and city-wide council presidents shall serve for a 19 two year term commencing on July first. 20 § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 2590-b 21 of the education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is 22 amended to read as follows: 23 (1) nine voting members who shall be parents of students with individ- 24 ualized education programs, to be selected by parents of students with EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06411-01-3
A. 5034 2 1 individualized education programs pursuant to a representative process 2 developed by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term 3 and shall be eligible to continue serving their term following the 4 conclusion of their child's individualized education program; 5 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 6 2590-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of the laws of 7 2013, is amended to read as follows: 8 (i) nine voting members who shall be parents of students who [are] at 9 any time in the past enrolled in a bilingual or English as a second 10 language program conducted pursuant to section thirty-two hundred four 11 of this chapter[, some of whom may be parents of students who have been 12 in such a program within the preceding two years], to be selected by 13 parents of students who receive or have ever received such services 14 pursuant to a representative process developed by the chancellor. Such 15 members shall serve a two year term and shall be eligible to continue 16 serving their term following the conclusion of their child's enrollment 17 in a bilingual or English as a second language program; 18 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 19 2590-b of the education law, as amended by section 43-g of part YYY of 20 chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 21 (i) ten voting members who shall be parents of students attending 22 public high schools. For councils whose terms begin prior to two thou- 23 sand twenty, two members representing each borough shall be selected by 24 presidents and officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers' 25 associations in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established 26 by the chancellor. For councils whose terms begin in two thousand twen- 27 ty-one [and thereafter], two members representing each borough shall be 28 parents of public high school students in the relevant borough, pursuant 29 to a process established by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a 30 two year term, and shall be eligible to continue serving their term 31 following the conclusion of their child's attendance at a public high 32 school. For councils whose terms begin in two thousand twenty-three and 33 thereafter, two members representing each borough shall be selected by 34 parents of public high school students in the relevant borough, pursuant 35 to a process established by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a 36 two year term, and shall be eligible to continue serving their term 37 following the conclusion of their child's attendance at a public high 38 school; 39 § 5. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 40 2590-b of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of 41 2009, is amended to read as follows: 42 (iii) one voting member who shall be a parent of a student who at any 43 time in the past enrolled in a bilingual or English as a second language 44 program conducted in a public high school. Such member shall be 45 appointed by the city-wide council on English language learners, and 46 shall serve a two year term; 47 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 48 the amendments to section 2590-b of the education law made by sections 49 one, two, three, four and five of this act shall not affect the expira- 50 tion or repeal of such provisions and shall expire and be deemed 51 repealed therewith.