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.

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

seven 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, 2028

* § 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

seven 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, 2028