New York A 1775: Requires the electronic and print publication of certain school district reports; defines "local officer or employee" to include school officials

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A01775 Summary:

BILL NOA01775 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFitzpatrick (MS)

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COSPNSRTague

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MLTSPNSRBarclay, DeStefano, Hawley, Manktelow

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Add §2-f, Ed L; amd §810, Gen Muni L

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Requires the electronic and print publication of certain school district reports within 7 days after approval; defines "local officer or employee" to include certain school officials.

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BILL NOA01775 

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01/14/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1775

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
 A. BARCLAY, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to electronic and print
 publication of certain school district reports; and to amend the
 general municipal law, in relation to additional definitions

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2-f to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 2-f. Publication of school reports. Notwithstanding any contrary
 4 provision of law or regulation, no later than seven calendar days after
 5 the approval by any trustee, principal, officer, or board of education
 6 of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central
 7 school district or any charter school, such school shall make available
 8 on a school or district sponsored website and in printed form at the
 9 district office all audit reports, proposed and enacted budgets, expend-
 10 iture reports, union contracts, superintendent contracts, and the
 11 minutes of all school board meetings.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 810 of the general municipal law, as
 13 amended by section 5 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2013, is
 14 amended to read as follows:
 15 3. The term "local officer or employee" shall mean a superintendent,
 16 district superintendent or school business official as well as the heads
 17 (other than local elected officials) of any agency, department, divi-
 18 sion, council, board, commission, or bureau of a political subdivision
 19 and their deputies and assistants, and the officers and employees of
 20 such agencies, departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or
 21 councils who hold policy-making positions, as annually determined by the
 22 appointing authority and set forth in a written instrument which shall
 23 be filed with the appropriate body during the month of February; except

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04365-01-5

 A. 1775 2

 1 that the term "local officer or employee" shall not mean a judge,
 2 justice, officer or employee of the unified court system. Members, offi-
 3 cers, and employees of each industrial development agency and authority
 4 established by this chapter or created by the public authorities law
 5 shall be deemed officers or employees of the county, city, village, or
 6 town for whose benefit such agency or authority is established or
 7 created.
 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 9 it shall have become a law.

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