STATE OF NEW YORK
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980
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to dates of commencement
of membership of certain positions of school governance in the city of
New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause (C) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
2 sion 1 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by a chapter of
3 the laws of 2022 amending the education law relating to school gover-
4 nance in the city of New York, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
5 S. 9459 and A. 10499, is amended to read as follows:
6 (C) Commencing on [August] January fifteenth, two thousand [twenty-
7 two] twenty-three, the board of education shall consist of twenty-three
8 voting members: one member to be appointed by each borough president of
9 the city of New York; five members, one from each borough of the city of
10 New York, to be elected by community district education council presi-
11 dents; and thirteen members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of
12 New York. The term of the first member elected by community district
13 education council presidents pursuant to clause (B) of this subparagraph
14 shall be extended and end on [August] January fourteenth, two thousand
15 [twenty-two] twenty-three. On or before [July fifteenth] December first,
16 two thousand twenty-two, the chancellor shall promulgate regulations
17 establishing a process for community district education council presi-
18 dents to elect members of the board, and processes for removal of such
19 members and for the filling of such positions in the event of a vacancy.
20 All appointed members and members elected by the community education
21 council presidents pursuant to such regulations shall take office on
22 [August] January fifteenth, two thousand [twenty-two] twenty-three and
23 shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-
24 three. Thereafter, appointed members and the members elected by communi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ty district education council presidents shall serve for a one year term
2 commencing on July first.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
4 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the education law
5 relating to school governance in the city of New York, as proposed in
6 legislative bills numbers S. 9459 and A. 10499, takes effect; provided
7 that the amendments to section 2590-b of the education law made by
8 section one of this act shall not affect the expiration or repeal of
9 such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
