Senate Bill S2717

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the eligibility of parents of children attending pre-kindergarten programs to serve on a community district education council

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2717 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2590-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S4602

2017-S2717 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the eligibility of parents of children attending pre-kindergarten programs to serve on a community district education council.

2017-S2717 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2717
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- 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  the  eligibility  of
   parents  of children attending pre-kindergarten programs to serve on a
   community district education council

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 2590-c of the
 education law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) Nine voting members shall be parents whose children are  attending
 a  school  OR  A  PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM under the jurisdiction of the
 community district, or have attended  a  school  OR  A  PRE-KINDERGARTEN
 PROGRAM  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the community district within the
 preceding two years, and shall be selected by the presidents  and  offi-
 cers  of  the parents' association or parent-teachers' association. Such
 members shall serve for a term of two years.  Presidents and officers of
 parents' associations or parent-teachers' associations  who  are  candi-
 dates  in  the  selection  process pursuant to this section shall not be
 eligible to cast votes in such selection process. The association  shall
 elect  a  member  to vote in the place of each such president or officer
 for the purposes of the selection process.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments to section 2590-c of the education law made by section one of this
 act  shall  not  affect  the  repeal of such section and shall be deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00718-01-7

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