What's happening
This bill requires the New York City Board of Education to hold votes on school plans in the county where the affected school is located.
Why it matters
Increases local accessibility and transparency. by requiring that decisions about school plans (such as changes to enrollment or use of school buildings) are made closer to the communities directly affected, rather than in a centralized or remote location.
Gives local stakeholders—parents, students, teachers, and community members—more practical opportunity to attend, observe, or participate. in meetings where significant decisions about their neighborhood schools are made.
Directly impacts controversial decisions like charter school co-locations. , ensuring that votes related to these often-contentious issues are held in the borough where the affected school is located, which may affect both the process and the outcome by increasing community oversight and input.
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Vote Locally on School Plans
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
12
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, WEPRIN, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the city board of the city of New York to conduct votes regarding school plans in the county in which the school is located
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 2590-g of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
8-a. Any vote by the city board regarding a school plan shall be conducted in the county in which the school the vote pertains to is located. As used in this subdivision, "school plan" means a plan which impacts enrollment or the use of space, including impacts due to a proposed co-location of a charter school.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 2590-g of the education law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02510-01-9
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