STATE OF NEW YORK
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6127
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend chapter 58 of the laws of 2006 enacting the "city of
Syracuse and the board of education of the city school district of the
city of Syracuse cooperative school reconstruction act", in relation
to members of the JSC Board and projects at certain schools in the
city school district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 4 of part A-4 of chapter 58 of
2 the laws of 2006 enacting the "city of Syracuse and the board of educa-
3 tion of the city school district of the city of Syracuse cooperative
4 school reconstruction act", as amended by chapter 459 of the laws of
5 2013, is amended to read as follows:
6 (f) "JSC board" shall mean the joint schools construction board of the
7 city and the city school district established to administer, manage,
8 design, renovate and effect the financing of existing public schools
9 within the Syracuse city school district. Such board shall consist of
10 the mayor of the city of Syracuse and [two] three additional members
11 designated by the mayor who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor for
12 a term not exceeding one year, the superintendent of the Syracuse city
13 school district and two additional members designated by the superinten-
14 dent who shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent for a term
15 not exceeding one year[, and a seventh member, not employed by the city
16 or the school district, jointly designated by the mayor and the super-
17 intendent who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and the super-
18 intendent for a term not exceeding one year]. To ensure flexibility and
19 continuity, the mayor and/or the superintendent may from time to time
20 designate and authorize their chief of staff, chief financial officer,
21 or other designee, to attend and vote in their stead.
22 § 2. Section 5 of part A-4 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006 enacting
23 the "city of Syracuse and the board of education of the city school
24 district of the city of Syracuse cooperative school reconstruction act",
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11864-05-4
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1 as amended by chapter 459 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 § 5. (a) No more than seven projects, one each at the Central High
4 School, the Blodgett School, the Shea Middle School, the H.W. Smith
5 Elementary School, the Clary Middle School, the Dr. Weeks Elementary
6 School and the Fowler High School, up to a total cost of two hundred
7 twenty-five million dollars; and (b) no more than twenty projects [at
8 locations to be determined by the city school district and approved by
9 the JSC board] which shall be located at the Bellevue Elementary School,
10 the Clary Middle School, the Corcoran High School, the Danforth Middle
11 School, the Edward Smith K-8 School, the Expeditionary Learning Middle
12 School, the Fowler High School, the Frazer K-8 School, the Grant Middle
13 School, the Greystone Building, the Henninger High School, the Hunting-
14 ton K-8 School, the Nottingham High School, the Shea Middle School and
15 the Westside Academy at Blodgett, up to a total cost of three hundred
16 million dollars, shall be authorized and undertaken pursuant to this
17 act, unless otherwise authorized by law.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
19 manner as chapter 459 of the laws of 2013 takes effect.