Requires the electronic and print publication of certain school district reports within 7 days after approval; defines "local officer or employee" to include certain school officials.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1775
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. BARCLAY, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to electronic and print
publication of certain school district reports; and to amend the
general municipal law, in relation to additional definitions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2-f to
2 read as follows:
3 § 2-f. Publication of school reports. Notwithstanding any contrary
4 provision of law or regulation, no later than seven calendar days after
5 the approval by any trustee, principal, officer, or board of education
6 of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central
7 school district or any charter school, such school shall make available
8 on a school or district sponsored website and in printed form at the
9 district office all audit reports, proposed and enacted budgets, expend-
10 iture reports, union contracts, superintendent contracts, and the
11 minutes of all school board meetings.
12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 810 of the general municipal law, as
13 amended by section 5 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2013, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15 3. The term "local officer or employee" shall mean a superintendent,
16 district superintendent or school business official as well as the heads
17 (other than local elected officials) of any agency, department, divi-
18 sion, council, board, commission, or bureau of a political subdivision
19 and their deputies and assistants, and the officers and employees of
20 such agencies, departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or
21 councils who hold policy-making positions, as annually determined by the
22 appointing authority and set forth in a written instrument which shall
23 be filed with the appropriate body during the month of February; except
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 that the term "local officer or employee" shall not mean a judge,
2 justice, officer or employee of the unified court system. Members, offi-
3 cers, and employees of each industrial development agency and authority
4 established by this chapter or created by the public authorities law
5 shall be deemed officers or employees of the county, city, village, or
6 town for whose benefit such agency or authority is established or
7 created.
8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
9 it shall have become a law.
