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NY S04466
Bill
Status
2/5/2021
Primary Sponsor
Robert Jackson
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AI Summary
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Reduces mayoral appointees to the New York City Board of Education from eight to four members in the current thirteen-member board structure and from nine to five members in the future fifteen-member board structure.
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Increases City Council appointees to the Board of Education from unspecified to four members, with requirements that one represents a college or university, one is a parent organization member, and one is a community district education council member.
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Transfers employment of the school chancellor from mayoral authority to the city board of education, with the chancellor to serve at the board's pleasure and receive salary fixed by the board.
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Maintains existing requirements that mayoral appointees be city residents and reduces the requirement for parent appointees from two to one member.
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Takes effect thirty days after enactment but expires with the original provisions it amends.
Legislative Description
Relates to the mayoral control of the city school district of the city of New York; relates to the appointment of members of the New York city school board of education; provides four of the members of such board shall be appointed by the city council and shall include parent representatives, a member from a college or university and a member of a community district education council; provides that the board shall appoint the chancellor.
Last Action
REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION
1/5/2022