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N.Y. Education Law § 2590-a: Definitions

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 2. School District Organization
  3. Article 52-A. New York City Community School District System

§ 2590-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms

shall mean:

1. City district. The term "city district" shall mean the city school

district of the city of New York.

2. Community district. The term "community district" shall mean a

community school district created or to be created within the city

district under the provisions of this article.

3. City board. The term "city board" shall mean the board of education

of the city district.

* 4. Community district education council. The term "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.

* NB Effective until June 30, 2028

* 4. Community board. The term "community board" shall mean the board

of education of a community district.

* NB Effective June 30, 2028

5. Chancellor. The term "chancellor" shall mean the chancellor of the

city district.

6. Community superintendent. The term "community superintendent" shall

mean the superintendent of schools of a community district.

7. Parent. The term "parent" shall mean a person in parental relation

to a child, as that phrase is defined in subdivision ten of section two

of this chapter.

* 8. Registered voter. The term "registered voter" shall mean an

elector of the city of New York under the election law.

* NB Effective June 30, 2028

* 9. Educational facilities. The term "educational facilities" shall

mean land and the improvements thereon for use in connection with any

educational activity to be undertaken or provided by the city board or

any community council or any facility attendant thereto or any facility

necessary, useful or desirable in connection with such activity.

* NB Effective until June 30, 2028

* 9. Educational facilities. The term "educational facilities" shall

mean land and the improvements thereon for use in connection with any

educational activity to be undertaken or provided by the city board or

any community school board or any facility attendant thereto or any

facility necessary, useful or desirable in connection with such

activity.

* NB Effective June 30, 2028

10. Project. The term "project" shall mean, with respect to an

educational facilities capital plan, (a) the performance, at a specified

educational facility, of one or more program elements, as defined in

paragraph a, b, c or d of subdivision two of section twenty-five hundred

ninety-p of this article; or (b) the performance of the program elements

defined in paragraphs f and g of such subdivision or any system

replacement identified in paragraph e of such subdivision.

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