New York Assembly Bill A06375 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6375 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring public hearings prior to extending mayoral control of New York city schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 32-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 32-b. Extension of mayoral control; public hearings. After introduc- 4 tion and a minimum of thirty days prior to voting on any bill to amend 5 chapter ninety-one of the laws of two thousand two, amending the educa- 6 tion law and other laws relating to reorganization of the New York city 7 school construction authority, board of education and community boards, 8 and/or to amend chapter three hundred forty-five of the laws of two 9 thousand nine, amending the education law and other laws relating to the 10 New York city board of education, chancellor, community councils, and 11 community superintendents, in relation to the effectiveness thereof, the 12 senate education committee and the assembly education committee jointly 13 or separately shall conduct public hearings on such bill. Such hearings 14 shall be conducted in Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and Richmond coun- 15 ties to provide individuals and organizations in such counties with an 16 opportunity to comment on such bill. The committees shall make every 17 effort to hear all those who wish to present statements at such public 18 hearings. The chairs of the committees jointly or separately shall 19 publish a schedule of such hearings. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09692-01-5