New York A 5949: Relating to making permanent provisions for charging a fee for admission to the New York Botanical Garden; repealer

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A05949 Summary:

BILL NOA05949 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORFitzpatrick (MS)

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COSPNSRGiglio, Tague

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MLTSPNSRManktelow

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Amd §§1604, 1709, 2102-a & 2116-a, Ed L

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Mandates the trustees of common school districts and the board of education of every union free school district to establish a code of ethics to be applied to the prohibition of the use of school resources for personal gain.

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BILL NOA05949 

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02/25/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5949

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandating the trustees
 of common school districts and the board of education of every union
 free school district to establish a code of ethics to be applied to
 the prohibition of the use of school resources for personal gain

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1604 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 45 to read as follows:
 3 45. On or before July thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, and annu-
 4 ally thereafter, the governing body of each school district and each
 5 board of cooperative educational services shall review and approve a
 6 code of ethics that shall include standards for officers and employees
 7 prohibiting the use of property or resources of the district or board
 8 for personal gain. A copy of such code shall be filed with the office
 9 of the state comptroller and the department within thirty days of its
 10 annual approval pursuant to this subdivision, and any subsequent amend-
 11 ments to such code shall be so filed within thirty days of adoption of
 12 such amendment.
 13 § 2. Section 1709 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 14 subdivision 36 to read as follows:
 15 36. On or before July thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, and annu-
 16 ally thereafter, the governing body of each school district and each
 17 board of cooperative educational services shall review and approve a
 18 code of ethics that shall include standards for officers and employees
 19 prohibiting the use of property or resources of the district or board
 20 for personal gain. A copy of such code shall be filed with the office
 21 of the state comptroller and the department within thirty days of its
 22 annual approval pursuant to this subdivision, and any subsequent amend-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08993-01-5

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 1 ments to such code shall be so filed within thirty days of adoption of
 2 such amendment.
 3 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2102-a of the education
 4 law, as amended by chapter 388 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read
 5 as follows:
 6 a. Every trustee or voting member of a board of education of a school
 7 district or a board of cooperative educational services, elected or
 8 appointed for a term beginning on or after July first, two thousand
 9 five, shall, within the first year of [his or her] their term, complete
 10 a minimum of six hours of training on the financial oversight, account-
 11 ability and fiduciary responsibilities of a school board member. Such
 12 training shall also include examination of the school district's code of
 13 ethics as established in subdivision forty-five of section sixteen
 14 hundred four of this title.
 15 § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 2116-a of the education
 16 law, as amended by section 4 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of
 17 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 18 (a) The school authorities of each school district, except those
 19 employing fewer than eight teachers, but including the city school
 20 districts of the cities of Buffalo and Rochester, shall obtain an annual
 21 audi