S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1814--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, RIVERA, PERRY, MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.  ARROYO, COOK -- 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 mayoral control of the
         city school district of the city of New York
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the
    2  education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (a) The board of education of the city school district of the city  of
    5  New  York  is hereby continued. Such board of education shall consist of
    6  thirteen appointed members: one member to be appointed by  each  borough
    7  president of the city of New York; FOUR BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF WHOM
    8  SHALL  BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, ONE OF WHOM SHALL
    9  BE A MEMBER OF PARENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A MEMBER OF
   10  A COMMUNITY DISTRICT EDUCATION COUNCIL; and [eight] FOUR members  to  be
   11  appointed  by  the  mayor  of the city of New York. The chancellor shall
   12  serve as an ex-officio non-voting member of the  city  board.  The  city
   13  board shall elect its own chairperson from among its voting members. All
   14  thirteen appointed members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
   15  authority  and  shall not be employed in any capacity by the city of New
   16  York, or a subdivision thereof, or the city board. No  appointed  member
   17  of  the  city  board shall also be a member, officer, or employee of any
   18  public corporation, authority, or commission where the mayor of the city
   19  of New York has a majority of the appointments. Each borough president's
   20  appointee shall be a resident of the borough for which the borough pres-
   21  ident appointing him or her was elected and shall be  the  parent  of  a
   22  child  attending  a public school within the city school district of the
   23  city of New York.  Each mayoral appointee shall be  a  resident  of  the
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  city  and  [two]  ONE shall be [parents] A PARENT of a child attending a
    2  public school within the city district.   All parent  members  shall  be
    3  eligible  to continue to serve on the city board for two years following
    4  the conclusion of their child's attendance at a public school within the
    5  city  district. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the appro-
    6  priate appointing authority within ninety days of such vacancy. Notwith-
    7  standing any provision of local law, the members of the board shall  not
    8  have  staff,  offices,  or  vehicles assigned to them or receive compen-
    9  sation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for  the  actual  and
   10  necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
   11    S  2. The opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the education law, as
   12  amended by chapter 345 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
   13  follows:
   14    The  office  of  chancellor  of the city district is hereby continued.
   15  Such chancellor shall serve at the pleasure of and be  employed  by  the
   16  [mayor]  CITY  BOARD  of the city of New York by contract. The length of
   17  such contract shall not exceed by more than two years the term of office
   18  of the [mayor] CITY BOARD  authorizing  such  contract.  The  chancellor
   19  shall  receive a salary to be fixed by the [mayor] CITY BOARD within the
   20  budgetary allocation therefor. He or she shall exercise all his  or  her
   21  powers and duties in a manner not inconsistent with the city-wide educa-
   22  tional policies of the city board. The chancellor shall have the follow-
   23  ing  powers and duties as the superintendent of schools and chief execu-
   24  tive officer for the city district, which the chancellor shall  exercise
   25  to  promote  an  equal  educational  opportunity for all students in the
   26  schools of the city district, promote  fiscal  and  educational  equity,
   27  increase  student achievement and school performance and encourage local
   28  school-based innovation, including the power and duty to:
   29    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   30  have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
   31  1  of  section 2590-b and the opening paragraph of section 2590-h of the
   32  education law made by sections one and two of this act shall not  affect
   33  the  expiration  of such provisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
   34  with.