N.Y. Education Law 2590-D – By-laws; regulations and decisions
* § 2590-d. By-laws; regulations and decisions. 1. The city board and the chancellor shall prescribe such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary to make effectual the provisions of this chapter and for the conduct of the proceedings of said board consistent with the requirements of this article. The city board by-laws shall include a process by which any member of the city board may request that items be placed on the city board's agenda. Such request may be made at a city board regular public meeting or prior to such meeting. If a member of the city board requests that an item be placed on the agenda at a regular public meeting of the city board, then the chairperson shall respond to the request at such meeting. If a member of the city board requests that an item be placed on the agenda at any time prior to a regular public meeting of the city board, then the chairperson shall respond to the request at any time prior to the subsequent regular public meeting. Said by-laws and regulations shall be published and indexed and revised at least annually. Copies of such by-laws and regulations shall be made available for public inspection via the city board's official internet web site, at the offices of the city board, each community council, the office of the commissioner of education, and the legislative library in Albany, and at such other places as the city board may deem proper.
Terms Used In N.Y. Education Law 2590-D
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- chancellor: shall mean the chancellor of the city district. See N.Y. Education Law 2590-A
- city board: shall mean the board of education of the city district. See N.Y. Education Law 2590-A
- community board: shall mean the board of education of a community district. See N.Y. Education Law 2590-A
- community council: shall mean the community district education council of a community district established pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-c of this article. See N.Y. Education Law 2590-A
- community district: shall mean a community school district created or to be created within the city district under the provisions of this article. See N.Y. Education Law 2590-A
- community superintendent: shall mean the superintendent of schools of a community district. See N.Y. Education Law 2590-A
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
2. Each community council shall prescribe such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary to make effectual the provisions of this chapter and for the conduct of the proceedings of said board. Such by-laws and regulations shall be filed with the city board and the commissioner of education and shall be made available for inspection by the public at the offices of the community council. Such by-laws shall include, but not be limited to the following requirements:
a. that there shall be a parents' association or a parent-teachers' association in each school under its jurisdiction;
b. that the council, the community superintendent and the principal of each school shall have regular communication with all parents' associations and parent-teachers' associations within the community district, and meet with their elected officers at least quarterly during the school year, to the end that such associations are provided with full factual information pertaining to matters of pupil achievement, including but not limited to: annual reading scores, comparison of the achievement of pupils in comparable grades and schools, as well as the record of achievement of the same children as they progress through the school; provided, however, that such record and scores shall not be disclosed in a manner which will identify individual pupils.
c. that community councils develop and implement a process consistent with procedures which shall be developed by the chancellor for community input in connection with the annual evaluation of the district superintendent and other instructional supervisors assigned or appointed to the district by the chancellor.
d. that all meetings of the community council be subject to Article 7 of the public officers law.
3. Copies of all written decisions rendered by the city board acting as an appeal board pursuant to subdivision ten of section twenty-five hundred ninety-g and copies of all written decisions rendered by the chancellor pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-l shall be published, indexed and revised at least semi-annually. Copies of said decisions shall be made available for public inspection at the offices of the city board, each community council, the office of the commissioner of education, and at such other places as the city board shall deem proper.
* NB Effective until June 30, 2024
* § 2590-d. By-laws; regulations and decisions. 1. The city board and the chancellor shall prescribe such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary to make effectual the provisions of this chapter and for the conduct of the proceedings of said board. Said by-laws and regulations shall be published and indexed and revised at least annually. Copies of such by-laws and regulations shall be made available for public inspection at the offices of the city board, each community board, the office of the commissioner of education, and the legislative library in Albany, and at such other places as the city board may deem proper.
2. Each community board shall prescribe such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary to make effectual the provisions of this chapter and for the conduct of the proceedings of said board. Such by-laws and regulations shall be filed with the city board and the commissioner of education and shall be made available for inspection by the public at the offices of the community board. Such by-laws shall include, but not be limited to the following requirements:
a. that there shall be a parents' association or a parent-teachers' association in each school under its jurisdiction;
b. that the board, the community superintendent and the principal of each school shall have regular communication with all parents' associations and parent-teachers' associations within the community district, and meet with their elected officers at least quarterly during the school year, to the end that such associations are provided with full factual information pertaining to matters of pupil achievement, including but not limited to: annual reading scores, comparison of the achievement of pupils in comparable grades and schools, as well as the record of achievement of the same children as they progress through the school; provided, however, that such record and scores shall not be disclosed in a manner which will identify individual pupils.
c. that districts implement a process for community involvement in connection with the periodic recommendation of superintendent candidates to the chancellor pursuant to regulations of the chancellor, subject to the review and approval of the chancellor, and such involvement in connection with the periodic review of the superintendent's performance.
d. that all meetings of the community board be subject to Article 7 of the public officers law.
3. Copies of all written decisions rendered by the city board acting as an appeal board pursuant to subdivision ten of section twenty-five hundred ninety-g and copies of all written decisions rendered by the chancellor pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-l shall be published, indexed and revised at least semi-annually. Copies of said decisions shall be made available for public inspection at the offices of the city board, each community board, the office of the commissioner of education, and at such other places as the city board shall deem proper.
* NB Effective June 30, 2024