2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 52-A - New York City Community School District System › 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, 2026
* § 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, 2026