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S07673 Summary:

BILL NO	S07673
SAME AS	SAME AS A10409
SPONSOR	LANZA
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S2590-g, Ed L
Enacts the "New York City Panel for Education Policy Members Public Responsibility Act" requiring a quorum of the members of the city board to attend any hearing scheduled for purposes of allowing public comment on changes to educational plans for the school district of the city of New York.

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S07673 Actions:

BILL NO	S07673
06/13/2012	REFERRED TO RULES

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S07673 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7673
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 13, 2012
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "New York
          city panel for education policy members public responsibility act"
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
     2  city panel for education policy members public responsibility act".
     3    § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 2590-g of the education law  is  amended
     4  by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     5    (d)(i) A quorum of the members of the city board must attend any hear-
     6  ing  scheduled  for  purposes of allowing public comments as provided in
     7  this subdivision. The city board may not vote on any measure for which a
     8  public hearing is required or set by the panel unless a  quorum  of  the
     9  members of the city board attended the hearing relating to such measure.
    10    (ii) As used in this paragraph:
    11    (1)  "quorum" means one-half of the members of the city board plus one
    12  additional member; and

    13    (2) "attendance" means personally recorded to be present in  an  offi-
    14  cial capacity during at least seventy-five percent of the hearing.
    15    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    16  the amendments to section 2590-g of the education law  made  by  section
    17  two  of  this  act  shall  not affect the expiration of such section and
    18  shall be deemed to expire therewith.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15500-04-2

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