Allows parents of a child who has ever received services through an English as a second language program to serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners and of the citywide council on high schools even if the child is no longer enrolled.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10079--A
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
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 the qualifications to
serve as a member of the citywide council on English language learners
and of the citywide council on high schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of
2 section 2590-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 103 of the
3 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
4 (i) nine voting members who shall be parents of students who are or
5 have been at any time enrolled in a bilingual or English as a second
6 language program conducted pursuant to section thirty-two hundred four
7 of this chapter[, some of whom may be parents of students who have been
8 in such a program within the preceding two years], to be selected by
9 parents of students who receive or have at any time received such
10 services pursuant to a representative process developed by the chancel-
11 lor. Such members shall serve a two year term and shall be eligible to
12 continue serving their term following the conclusion of their child's
13 enrollment in a bilingual or English as a second language program;
14 § 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
15 2590-b of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of
16 2009, is amended to read as follows:
17 (iii) one voting member who shall be a parent of a student who is or
18 has been at any time enrolled in a bilingual or English as a second
19 language program conducted in a public high school. Such member shall be
20 appointed by the city-wide council on English language learners, and
21 shall serve a two year term and shall be eligible to continue serving
22 their term following the conclusion of their child's enrollment in a
23 bilingual or English as a second language program;
24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
25 the amendments to section 2590-b of the education law made by sections
26 one and two of this act shall not affect the expiration or repeal of
27 such provisions and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10424-02-6
