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Requires the use of demographic data in developing five-year educational facilities capital plans; requires publication of findings and commentary
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Catherine Nolan
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing the New York city school construction authority to obtain certain demographic data and utilize such data in connection with the authority's five-year educational facilities capital plan; and to amend the education law, in relation to requiring consideration of student demographic data in connection with approval of five-year educational facilities capital plans and to require the publication of findings and commentary on such plan
Purpose
To require the School Construction Authority and the New York City Department of Education to use data provided by the New York City Office of City Planning and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to generate better population projections for use in school zoning, siting and the five-year capital plan, and to require increased transparency in planning and greater opportunity for public input.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends section 1728 subdivision 13 of the public authorities law to require the New York City School Construction Authority to coordinate with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Office of City Planning to obtain relevant data to use in creating population projects, which will serve as the basis for the school authority's five-year educational facilities capital plan.
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Section 2 amends section 1731 of the public authorities law and requires that school construction authority siting plans for new or improved facilities include information on the prospective student population for the affected school districts and a stated basis for any changes to the property. It also requires public hearings and ability for comment on siting plans and consideration of how the plan impacts any potential population changes in the school districts, and requires the school construction authority to set forth a detailed assessment of the comments, including consideration of proposed alternatives and the impact of the comments on the final plan.
Section 3 amends section 2590-b of the education law to create an additional requirement that data provided by the Office of City Planning and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene must be considered when community districts are created.
Section 4 amends section 2590-e of the education law to create an additional requirement that data provided by the Office of City Planning and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene must be considered when creating zoning lines.
Section 5 amends section 2590-p of the education law to require that the chancellor - when preparing the five-year capital plan - consider the effect of data provided by the Office of City Planning and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Section 6 amends section 2590-p of the education law to require the city board to make public submitted recommendations to the five-year capital plan, a summary of alternatives proposed, a statement of why they were not incorporated into the final plan, and a description of any changes made to the proposed plan as a result of the recommendations received.
Justification
According to a report by Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, as many as 13,000 New York City children will be without seats in public schools by 2016 despite increased capital spending by the City. This bill attempts to address this discrepancy by ensuring that the School Construction Authority and the Department of Education use data available from the Office of City Planning and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in making population projections for use in its five-year capital plan, and for proposing zoning lines and creating school siting plans.
The bill also ensures greater transparency and a role for the public in planning; the Department of Education will have to make public the data used to project student populations, and address how each siting plan responds to projected population changes. The Department of Education is also required to make public all comments it receives in response to its school siting plans and five-year capital plan, and respond to those comments.
These reforms will lead to more accurate projections, better transparency in planning, and a stronger voice for the public.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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