What's happening
This bill requires all Board of Regents meetings to be live webcast and archived online for public access, excluding executive sessions.
Why it matters
Expands transparency beyond full Board meetings. by including committee, subcommittee, and where feasible, task force or subgroup meetings, allowing the public to see deliberations that often shape final decisions.
Archived video availability for at least two years. ensures ongoing access for journalists, advocates, researchers, and interested citizens who may want to review debates or decisions well after the meeting date.
Mandates advance public notice of webcasts. , making it easier for stakeholders to plan to observe issues of interest in real time and increasing accountability for the Board’s actions.
Excludes executive sessions from webcast requirements. , balancing transparency with the need for private discussion of sensitive matters (such as personnel or legal issues), while still maximizing public access to the rest of the Board’s work.
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Webcast Regents Meetings Required
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- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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Webcast Regents Meetings Live
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
225
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, GALEF, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing a live webcast for meetings of the board of regents
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 204-a to read as follows:
§ 204-a. Webcasting meetings. 1. The entirety of each meeting of the regents shall be live webcast and be made available to the public on the department's website prior to the start of each meeting, and archived on the department's website, for a period of no less than two years, within twenty-four hours of the adjournment of the last meeting. The department shall provide notice to the public, via the department's website, of the availability of the live webcast of such meeting. The requirement to live webcast the entirety of each meeting shall not include executive sessions.
2. For the purposes of this section the term "meeting" shall include any committee, subcommittee, and to the extent practicable, task force or subgroup of the regents.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02790-01-7
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