New York S 1510: Allows the president of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the selection of the members of the board of education elected by the community district education council presidents

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S01510 Summary:

BILL NOS01510A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10446

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2590-b, Ed L

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Allows the president of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the selection of the members of the board of education elected by the community district education council presidents.

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BILL NOS01510A

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

05/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.1305

05/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/29/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

06/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

05/13/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

05/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 1510A

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1170

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1510--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education --
 recommitted to the Committee on New York City Education in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing the president
 of the citywide council on high schools to participate in the
 selection of the members of the board of education elected by the
 community district education council presidents

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 2 sion 1 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by section 1 of
 3 part ZZ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (D) Commencing on July first, two thousand [twenty-four] twenty-seven,
 6 the board of education shall consist of twenty-four voting members: one
 7 member to be appointed by each borough president of the city of New
 8 York; five members, one from each borough of the city of New York, to be
 9 elected by community district education council presidents and the pres-
 10 ident of the citywide council on high schools; one independent member
 11 who shall serve as chair of the board and who shall be selected as
 12 established in subparagraph three of this paragraph; and thirteen
 13 members to be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York. The
 14 initial term of the chair selected pursuant to subparagraph three of
 15 this paragraph shall commence on September fifteenth, two thousand twen-
 16 ty-four and shall end on September fourteenth, two thousand twenty-five;
 17 thereafter the chair shall serve for a one-year term commencing on
 18 September fifteenth. The chancellor shall continue regulations promul-
 19 gated under clause (C) of this subparagraph establishing a process for
 20 community district education council presidents to elect members of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03880-02-6

 S. 1510--A 2

 1 board, and processes for removal of such members and for the filling of
 2 such positions in the event of a vacancy. Appointed members and members
 3 elected by community district education council presidents pursuant to
 4 clause (C) of this subparagraph and commencing a term on July first, two
 5 thousand twenty-four shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two
 6 thousand twenty-five. Thereafter, appointed members and the members
 7 elected by community district education council presidents shall serve
 8 for a one-year term commencing on July first.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2027; provided, however, that
 10 the amendments to clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of
 11 subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law made by section one
 12 of this act shall