NY State Senate Bill 2015-S965

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 07, 2016	referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 24, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.215 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 06, 2016	referred to education
Jan 07, 2015	referred to education

Votes

- Mar 7, 2016 - Floor Vote
  S965
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Mar 7, 2016
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      nay (2)
      
      Croci
      
      Murphy
      
      excused (1)
      
      Parker
  Feb 24, 2016 - Rules Committee Vote
  S965
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Feb 24, 2016
      
      aye (23)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Robach
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Nozzolio
      
      excused (1)
      
      Hassell-Thompson

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2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3061
Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6322, A9127
2013-2014: S1411, A5313
2017-2018: S3739, A6437
2019-2020: S789, A3921

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the NYS board of regents hold at least 2 meetings a year in New York city and requires announcements of the time, date, location and agenda thereof.

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S965

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to monthly meetings of
the New York state board of regents

PURPOSE:

To encourage the parents of New York City students to attend and
participate in New York State Board of Regents meetings by requiring
at least two meetings each year to be held in New York City.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends section 204 of the education law by adding two new subsections
to the law.

New subsection 3 requires that the Board of Regents hold at, least two
meetings each year in a city having a population of one million or
more (New York City). These meetings will be held at time that will
allow for parental attendance and participation.

The Regents must announce the time, location, and agenda of these
meetings. These announcements will be made available on the Regents'
public website as well as the NYC Department of Education website.

The NYC Department of Education shall also much these announcements to
parent education advocates, teachers, principals, and school
administrators.

At each Regents meeting held in NYC, there will be a period of time
not less than 30 minutes prior to any board or committee action during
which members of the public may speak on any topic on the agenda.

Committee meetings will be webcast in the same manner as general board
meetings.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is a response in part to requests made by parent education
associations for more input into decisions made by the New York State
Board of Regents, the governing body for the state education system.
Enactment of this bill would allow parents direct access to policy
changes and other relevant information that would affect their
children's education. This bill will increase transparency and
accountability when it comes to decisions made at the state level that
impact all stakeholders in the education system, including students,
parents, and teachers.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-2012: S.6322 - Referred to and died in Higher Education;
2013-2014: S.1411 - Referred to and died in Higher Education.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.


EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect 120 days after it becomes law. Effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date is authorized to be made on or before such date.

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   965

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  monthly  meetings  of
  the New York state board of regents

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 204 of the education law  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 204. Meetings  and  absences. 1. The regents may provide for regular
meetings, and the chancellor, or the commissioner of education,  or  any
five  regents,  may  at  any time call a special meeting of the board of
regents and fix the time and place therefor;  and  at  least  ten  days'
notice  of  every  meeting  shall be mailed to the usual address of each
regent.
  2. If any regent shall fail  to  attend  three  consecutive  meetings,
without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, he may be deemed
to  have  resigned  and the regents shall then report the vacancy to the
legislature, which shall fill it.
  3. A. THE REGENTS SHALL HOLD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS  IN  EACH  CALENDAR
YEAR IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH MEETINGS
SHALL BE HELD AT A TIME TO ENSURE PARENTAL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
  B.  (I)  THE  REGENTS  SHALL ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION, TIME AND AGENDA OF
EACH MEETING TO BE HELD IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR
MORE  WHENEVER SUCH MEETING IS SCHEDULED, BUT NOT LATER THAN THREE WEEKS
BEFORE THE MEETING DATE  TO  ALLOW  ADEQUATE  TIME  FOR  PUBLIC  REVIEW.
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT IF AN AGENDA FOR ANY SUCH MEETING IS NOT AVAIL-
ABLE, SUCH AGENDA SHALL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
  (II) SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE REGENTS' PUBLIC
WEBSITE AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION  WEBSITE  IN  THE
SAME  MANNER  AS  OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE ANNOUNCED. THE NEW YORK CITY
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL INFORM PARENT EDUCATION ADVOCATES,  TEACH-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02846-01-5

S. 965                              2

ERS,  PRINCIPALS  AND  OTHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF THE LOCATION, TIME
AND AGENDA OF SUCH MEETINGS HELD IN A CITY HAVING A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
MILLION  OR MORE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "PARENT
EDUCATION ADVOCATES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PARENT ASSOCI-
ATIONS, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS, PRESIDENTS
COUNCILS,  DISTRICT  LEADERSHIP  TEAMS  AND  CITYWIDE  AND COMMUNITYWIDE
EDUCATION COUNCILS.
  C. AT EACH MEETING OF THE REGENTS HELD IN A CITY HAVING  A  POPULATION
OF  ONE  MILLION OR MORE, THE PUBLIC SHALL BE ALLOTTED A PERIOD OF TIME,
NOT LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES, TO SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC ON THE  AGENDA.  THE
PUBLIC  SPEAKING PERIOD SHALL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ANY BOARD OR COMMITTEE
ACTION.
  4. EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE REGENTS SHALL BE WEBCAST IN THE SAME
MANNER AS GENERAL BOARD MEETINGS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
before such date.

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Senate Bill S965

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Mar 7, 2016 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 7, 2016

Feb 24, 2016 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Feb 24, 2016

co-Sponsors

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Velmanette Montgomery

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

co-Sponsors

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Tony Avella

Leroy Comrie

Jesse Hamilton

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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