New York A 10446: 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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A10446 Summary:

BILL NOA10446 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01510-A

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SPONSORHyndman

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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 NOA10446 

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03/06/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10446

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 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
 21 board, and processes for removal of such members and for the filling of
 22 such positions in the event of a vacancy. Appointed members and members
 23 elected by community district education council presidents pursuant to
 24 clause (C) of this subparagraph and commencing a term on July first, two
 25 thousand twenty-four shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two
 26 thousand twenty-five. Thereafter, appointed members and the members

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03880-03-6

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 1 elected by community district education council presidents shall serve
 2 for a one-year term commencing on July first.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2027; provided, however, that
 4 the amendments to clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of
 5 subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law made by section one
 6 of this act shall not affect the expiration or repeal of such section
 7 and subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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