New York S 986: Limits the time periods when a special district meeting for the purpose of voting on a school bond may be conducted

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S00986 Summary:

BILL NOS00986A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01306-A

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SPONSORBROUK

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Directs the department of civil service to conduct a study on competitive examinations for public employment held by the state department of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minority examinees; requires a report on such findings to be delivered to the governor and legislature.

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BILL NOS00986A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/03/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/03/2026PRINT NUMBER 986A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 986--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to direct the department of civil service to conduct a study on
 competitive examinations for public employment to determine whether
 the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on
 minority examinees; and providing for the repeal of such provision
 upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. For the purposes of this act the following terms shall have
 2 the following meanings:
 3 (a) "agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission, divi-
 4 sion, office, council, committee, public benefit corporation or public
 5 authority at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.
 6 (b) "competitive examination" means competitive examinations for
 7 public employment held by the state department of civil service and by
 8 municipal commissions, as such term is defined by section two of the
 9 civil service law.
 10 (c) "minority" shall have the same meaning as "minority group member",
 11 as defined in subdivision four of section two hundred ten of the econom-
 12 ic development law.
 13 § 2. (a) The department of civil service shall conduct a study on
 14 competitive examinations for public employment held by the state depart-
 15 ment of civil service and by municipal commissions to determine whether
 16 the contents of such examinations have a discriminatory effect on minor-
 17 ity examinees.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02190-03-5

 S. 986--A 2

 1 (b) Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
 2 (i) the total number of minority and non-minority competitive examina-
 3 tion examinees;
 4 (ii) a comparison of competitive examination results for minority
 5 examinees compared to non-minority examinees;
 6 (iii) an agency by agency, and municipality by municipality, breakdown
 7 containing the percentage of minority employees hired each year compared
 8 to non-minorities;
 9 (iv) an investigation on the questions and other contents of compet-
 10 itive examinations to determine whether any such questions or other
 11 contents have or could have a discriminatory effect on minority exami-
 12 nees compared to non-minority examinees, and if so, the nature of such
 13 discriminatory effect;
 14 (v) an investigation of ancillary factors contributing to competitive
 15 examinations having a discriminatory effect on minority examinees
 16 compared to non-minority examinees, including, but not limited to acces-
 17 sibility to competitive examination locations, times competitive exam-
 18 inations are held, accessibility to competitive examination preparation
 19 courses and study materials, and technological barriers; and
 20 (vi) any other information the president of the department of civil
 21 service shall deem necessary.
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