Establishes the citywide leadership team to ensure that parents' and students' voices are represented in all education decision-making, ensure education policies considered or implemented are conducive to promoting student achievement and enhancing the overall quality of education for students attending public schools in the city of New York, and include all stakeholders at all stages of the decision-making process.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2967--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 26, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, BRISPORT, PARKER -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York
City Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to establishing the citywide leadership team; and making an
appropriation therefor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Title 21-A of the administrative code of the city of New
2 York is amended by adding a new chapter 23-A to read as follows:
3 CHAPTER 23-A
4 LEADERSHIP TEAMS
5 § 21-990.1 Citywide leadership team. a. The Citywide Leadership Team
6 is based on the NYS commissioner's regulations 100.11 and The
7 Chancellor's Regulations A-655 Article XIII, and the Manhattan High
8 Schools Presidents Council Resolution adopted May 26, 2021, for the
9 largest school district in New York state and nation to adhere to and
10 engage stakeholders accordingly, and will serve as a model for school
11 and district leadership teams to ensure they are operating effectively,
12 to align the school based budget with a comprehensive education plan, so
13 every New York city public school student has direct access to high
14 quality educational opportunities.
15 b. The citywide leadership team shall consist of twenty-five repre-
16 sentatives. Members shall be appointed by the following groups in the
17 following manner:
18 1. the New York city public school chancellor, or a senior official
19 selected by the chancellor;
20 2. one representative who is the president of the council of school
21 supervisors and administrators; or a senior official selected by the
22 president;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. one representative who is the president of the united federation
2 of teachers; or a senior official selected by the president;
3 4. one representative who is the president of the district council
4 thirty-seven; or a senior official selected by the president;
5 5. one representative who is president of local two hundred thirty-
6 seven; or a senior official selected by the president.
7 6. nine parent representatives to be selected by PTA Presidents via
8 Presidents Councils as follows:
9 (a) one representative from each borough;
10 (b) one representative from high schools;
11 (c) one representative from an individualized education plan (IEP);
12 (d) one representative from English language learners; and
13 (e) one representative from union D75.
14 7. ten representatives shall be student representatives to be selected
15 by presidents of student governments/councils, two students from each
16 borough.
17 8. Additional representatives from community based organizations and
18 school affiliated agencies as needed.
19 c. The citywide leadership team shall ensure that parents' and
20 students' voices are represented in all education decision-making, shall
21 ensure education policies considered or implemented are conducive to
22 promoting student achievement and enhancing the overall quality of
23 education for students attending public schools in the city of New York,
24 and shall include all stakeholders at all stages of the decision-making
25 process. The responsibilities of the citywide leadership team shall
26 include:
27 1. serve as a model for school and district leadership teams;
28 2. providing necessary support for school leadership teams to effec-
29 tively align the school base budget with comprehensive education plan;
30 3. empowering school district leadership teams and school leadership
31 teams to contribute to the development of the citywide comprehensive
32 education plan to facilitate cohesive education policies throughout all
33 districts by providing uniformed plans basic enough for districts and
34 schools to implement teaching and learning specifically for their
35 district's respective needs;
36 4. developing and maintaining a one page check sheet for school lead-
37 ership teams to report quarterly to district leadership teams, and for
38 district leadership teams to report bi-annually to the citywide leader-
39 ship team, to help cohesively facilitate the duties of the department's
40 school and district improvement liaisons to oversee department central
41 accountability. The citywide leadership team and chancellor shall report
42 State of the Schools annually in the month of July to the New York state
43 department of education, the New York city public school system and to
44 the public;
45 5. reporting to their respective constituents and bringing concerns,
46 recommendations, and ideas of their respective school communities to the
47 citywide leadership team; and
48 6. The citywide leadership team co-developers will provide advisement
49 to ensure fairness, effectiveness and accountability.
50 d. The citywide leadership team shall:
51 1. hold a summit at least three times a school year, and hold meetings
52 when special circumstances arise;
53 2. shall have a standing committee called the legislative committee
54 that will provide professional development for education stakeholders,
55 and carry out the main mission of creating a single document, the city-
56 wide comprehensive education plan, that represents the consensus of all
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1 New York city education stakeholders. As required, further committees
2 can be formed;
3 3. draft its own bylaws, which shall be consistent with both the
4 chancellor's and the state's regulations;
5 4. operate all meetings and summits in accordance with article seven
6 of the public officers law and Robert's Rules of Order;
7 5. formulate and officiate a mission statement, design and develop a
8 plan to meet mission objectives, establish accountability and evaluation
9 methods for the citywide leadership team, district leadership teams, and
10 school leadership teams, and maintain harmonization across all three
11 levels of teams;
12 6. share information with their respective constituents and bring
13 their feedback to the citywide leadership team for consideration and
14 deliberation; and
15 7. allow members of the public to submit questions, comments, or
16 suggestions in writing in advance of any meeting or summit for consider-
17 ation by the citywide leadership team, along with the chancellor and
18 presidents of unions.
19 8. A quorum shall consist of seven members, including one union
20 member, four parents, and two students with at least two boroughs
21 represented.
22 § 2. The sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00), or
23 so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the
24 department of education out of any moneys in the state treasury in the
25 general fund to the credit of the New York city department of education,
26 not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available for expenses,
27 including for an executive administrator, administrative assistant and
28 stipends for parents and students participating on the citywide leader-
29 ship team, and for incidental expenses. Such moneys shall be payable on
30 the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or
31 approved by the department of education in the manner prescribed by law.
32 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
33 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
34 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
35 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
36 on or before such effective date.
