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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           121
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. NOLAN, COLTON, JAFFEE, MAGNARELLI, ZEBROWSKI,
          CASTRO, GALEF, CRESPO, MILLMAN, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
          A.  COOK,  GABRYSZAK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, TITONE, WEISENBERG --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to meetings and  absences
          of the board of regents
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 204 of the education law  is  amended  to  read  as
     2  follows:
     3    § 204. Meetings and absences. 1. (a) The regents may provide for regu-
     4  lar  meetings[, and the chancellor, or the commissioner of education, or
     5  any five regents, may at any time call a special meeting of the board of
     6  regents and fix the time and place therefor;  and  at  least  ten  days'
     7  notice  of  every  meeting  shall be mailed to the usual address of each
     8  regent.  If any regent shall fail to attend three consecutive  meetings,

     9  without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, he may be deemed
    10  to  have  resigned  and the regents shall then report the vacancy to the
    11  legislature, which shall fill it]  of  the  board  of  regents  and  any
    12  committee,  task  force,  council or other body thereof. Notice of time,
    13  place and agenda for all regular public meetings of the board of regents
    14  and any committee, task force, council or other such body of  the  board
    15  shall be publicly provided at least ten days in advance of such meeting.
    16  Such  notice  of  time,  place  and  agenda shall be distributed via the
    17  board's official internet website and specifically distributed by United
    18  States postal service to all regents at their usual addresses and, if  a

    19  meeting  of  a  committee, task force, council or other such body of the
    20  board, by such means, including but not limited  to  the  United  States
    21  postal service or electronic means, as determined by the committee, task
    22  force,  council or other such body. An agenda for a regular public meet-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00127-01-3
        A. 121                              2
 
     1  ing of the board or any committee, task force,  council  or  other  body
     2  thereof,  shall  be comprised of a list of all items to be considered, a

     3  description of the subject matter of each such item and the full text of
     4  all items subject to a vote and the name of a person knowledgeable about
     5  the  agenda  and  contact  information for such person, including office
     6  address, e-mail address, and telephone  number,  from  whom  information
     7  about  the  agenda  may  be obtained and to whom written comments may be
     8  submitted. The notice and agenda shall be considered a public record.
     9    (b) The chancellor or the commissioner, or any five  regents,  may  at
    10  any time call a special meeting of the board of regents and fix the time
    11  and  place  therefor.  Notice  of time, place and agenda for all regular
    12  public meetings of the board of regents and any committee,  task  force,

    13  council  or  other  such body of the board shall be publicly provided at
    14  least three days in advance of such meeting. Such notice of time,  place
    15  and  agenda  shall  be  distributed  via  the  board's official internet
    16  website and specifically circulated according to  the  rules  and  regu-
    17  lations  of  the  regents  to  all regents. The board of regents special
    18  public meeting agenda shall be comprised of a list of all  items  to  be
    19  considered,  a  description  of the subject matter of each such item and
    20  the full text of all items subject to a vote and the name  of  a  person
    21  knowledgeable  about the agenda and contact information for such person,
    22  including office address, e-mail address,  and  telephone  number,  from

    23  whom  information  about  the agenda may be obtained and to whom written
    24  comments may be submitted. The notice and agenda shall be  considered  a
    25  public record.
    26    2.  Any meeting of the board of regents and any committee, task force,
    27  council or other such body shall be conducted in accordance with article
    28  seven of the public officers law.
    29    3. A summary of resolutions, decisions and other actions by the  board
    30  of  regents and any committee, task force, council or other body thereof
    31  for any meeting shall  be  electronically  available  on  the  board  of
    32  regents website no later than five days following such meeting and shall
    33  be  considered a public record. The approved minutes, attendance, voting

    34  record and either transcripts or video record for any  meeting  must  be
    35  posted  no  later  than  five  days following the approval by the board,
    36  committee, task force, council or other such body. Information posted on
    37  the board of regents website shall remain on the site as  archived  data
    38  for a minimum of ten years.
    39    4.  If  any  regent  shall  fail to attend three consecutive meetings,
    40  without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, that regent  may
    41  be deemed to have resigned and the regents shall then report the vacancy
    42  to the legislature which shall fill it.
    43    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    44  the date on which it shall have become a law.