New York A 505: Establishes representative requirements for district leadership teams and school leadership teams

Status: ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN (as of 2026-03-31)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 505

Sponsors: Khaleel Anderson, Al Taylor, Brian Cunningham, Jo Anne Simon, Latrice Walker, Manny De Los Santos, Maritza Davila, Monique Chandler-Waterman, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Stefani Zinerman

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A00505 Summary:

BILL NOA00505 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03064

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SPONSORAnderson

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COSPNSRChandler-Waterman, Davila, Cunningham, De Los Santos, Forrest, Simon, Taylor, Walker, Zinerman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title 21-A Chap 23-A §21-990.1, NYC Ad Cd

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Requires district leadership teams and school leadership teams to include student representatives; provides who should appoint such representatives.

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BILL NOA00505 

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01/08/2025referred to cities

01/07/2026referred to cities

03/31/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 505

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, DAVILA, CUNNINGHAM,
 DE LOS SANTOS, FORREST, SIMON, TAYLOR, WALKER, ZINERMAN -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Cities

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to establishing certain requirements for district leadership
 teams and school leadership teams

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

 1 Section 1. Title 21-A of the administrative code of the city of New
 2 York is amended by adding a new chapter 23-A to read as follows:
 3 CHAPTER 23-A
 4 LEADERSHIP TEAMS
 5 § 21-990.1 Student leadership. a. Each district leadership team and
 6 school leadership team shall appoint one student representative to serve
 7 as members of such teams.
 8 b. Student representatives appointed to a district leadership team
 9 shall be high school student representatives and shall be appointed by
 10 the community superintendent.
 11 c. Student representatives appointed to school leadership teams shall
 12 be student representatives and shall be appointed by the chairperson or
 13 co-chairpersons of such team.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 16 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 17 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 18 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01939-01-5

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