New York A 996: Prohibits trustees and members of a board of education from voting on matters before the board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member

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A00996 Summary:

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Prohibits trustees and members of a board of education from voting on matters before the board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member who is either employed by the board of education or school district or who would be financially impacted by such vote.

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 996

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, COOK -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting trustees
 and members of a board of education from voting on matters before the
 board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member

 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 2104
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 2104. Voting by trustees and members of board of education. No trus-
 4 tee or member of a board of education shall vote on any matter before
 5 the board when such vote shall affect a person who is related to the
 6 trustee or member and such person is employed by the board of education
 7 or school district or would be financially impacted by such vote.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00374-01-5

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