S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5059
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  NOLAN  -- (at request of the State Education
         Department) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to intervention in chron-
         ically underperforming school districts
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 211-f
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 211-F. INTERVENTION IN CHRONICALLY UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
    4  1. STAGE ONE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL AT-RISK STATUS. A. THE  COMMISSIONER
    5  SHALL  IDENTIFY  AS  BEING  IN  STAGE ONE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL AT-RISK
    6  STATUS A SCHOOL DISTRICT: (I) THAT HAS BEEN A DISTRICT REQUIRING ACADEM-
    7  IC PROGRESS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION  (P)  OF  SECTION
    8  100.2  OF TITLE EIGHT OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
    9  FOR AT LEAST THREE SCHOOL YEARS OR A FOCUS DISTRICT  AND/OR  A  DISTRICT
   10  WHICH  HAS  ONE  OR MORE SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED AS A PERSISTENTLY LOWEST-AC-
   11  HIEVING SCHOOL, A SCHOOL UNDER REGISTRATION REVIEW OR A FOCUS OR PRIORI-
   12  TY SCHOOL; AND/OR (II) IN WHICH THE BOARD OF  EDUCATION  HAS  FAILED  TO
   13  EXERCISE APPROPRIATE FISCAL MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BY FAILING
   14  TO  TAKE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET IN BALANCE
   15  AND/OR MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE FUND BALANCE FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST TWO
   16  SCHOOL YEARS; PROVIDED THAT, IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MEETS
   17  THE CRITERIA FOR STAGE ONE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL AT-RISK STATUS AND HAS
   18  BEEN DESIGNATED AS A DISTRICT REQUIRING ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND/OR A FOCUS
   19  DISTRICT FOR EIGHT OR MORE YEARS AND HAS NINE OR MORE SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED
   20  AS PERSISTENTLY LOWEST-ACHIEVING  SCHOOLS,  SCHOOLS  UNDER  REGISTRATION
   21  REVIEW  OR  FOCUS  OR PRIORITY SCHOOLS, THE COMMISSIONER MAY IMMEDIATELY
   22  IDENTIFY SUCH DISTRICT AS BEING IN  STAGE  TWO  ACADEMIC  AND/OR  FISCAL
   23  INTERVENTION STATUS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   24    B. WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF IDENTIFICATION AS BEING IN STAGE ONE ACADEMIC
   25  AND/OR  FISCAL AT-RISK STATUS, A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL DEVELOP A PLAN OR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  INCLUDE IN ANY EXISTING STATE APPROVED PLAN SPECIFIC,  MEASURABLE  GOALS
    2  DESIGNED  TO  REMOVE  THE DISTRICT FROM STAGE ONE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL
    3  AT-RISK STATUS. FOR DISTRICTS IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN STAGE ONE  ACADEMIC
    4  AND/OR FISCAL AT-RISK STATUS, SUCH GOALS MUST INCLUDE, WHERE APPLICABLE,
    5  BUT  NEED  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO:  (I)  A PLAN FOR MAKING ADEQUATE YEARLY
    6  PROGRESS ON ALL APPLICABLE CRITERIA AND/OR INDICATORS IN SUBDIVISION (P)
    7  OF SECTION 100.2 OF TITLE EIGHT OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES,  RULES  AND
    8  REGULATIONS  OR OTHERWISE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE ACCOUNT-
    9  ABILITY SYSTEM;  (II)  SPECIFIC  EDUCATION  IMPROVEMENT  TARGETS  TO  BE
   10  ATTAINED  IN  EACH  OF  THE  SCHOOL  YEARS  COVERED BY THE PLAN; (III) A
   11  DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SPECIFIC  STAFF  DEVELOPMENT
   12  TO BE PROVIDED AND SUSTAINED IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAN; (IV) PLANS TO MAIN-
   13  TAIN BALANCED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND AN APPROPRIATE FUND BALANCE;
   14  AND  (V)  SUCH OTHER GOALS AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE
   15  DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT SUCH PLAN TO THE COMMISSIONER  FOR  APPROVAL.  THE
   16  DISTRICT'S PLAN SHALL BE DEVELOPED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A JOINT SCHOOL
   17  INTERVENTION  TEAM  OR  AN INTEGRATED INTERVENTION TEAM APPOINTED BY THE
   18  COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF  SECTION  TWO
   19  HUNDRED  ELEVEN-B  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  ITS  IMPLEMENTATION  MUST  BE
   20  SUPPORTED BY TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
   21  CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE  LAW,  FROM  AN
   22  EXTERNAL PROVIDER APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER AT AN EXPENSE TO BE BORNE
   23  BY  THE  DISTRICT. THE REASONABLE AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE
   24  PERFORMANCE OF THE JOINT SCHOOL INTERVENTION TEAM OR  INTEGRATED  INTER-
   25  VENTION TEAM'S DUTIES SHALL BE A CHARGE UPON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   26    C.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL REMOVE A DISTRICT FROM STAGE ONE ACADEMIC
   27  AND/OR FISCAL AT-RISK STATUS IF THE DISTRICT  MEETS  AND  MAINTAINS  ITS
   28  PLAN  GOALS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS. IF THE DISTRICT FAILS TO
   29  MEET AND MAINTAIN ITS PLAN GOALS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS, THE
   30  COMMISSIONER SHALL IDENTIFY SUCH DISTRICT AS BEING IN STAGE TWO ACADEMIC
   31  AND/OR FISCAL INTERVENTION STATUS, PROVIDED THAT THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY,
   32  AT  ANY  TIME  DURING  STAGE  ONE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL AT-RISK STATUS,
   33  IDENTIFY A DISTRICT AS BEING IN STAGE TWO ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL  INTER-
   34  VENTION  STATUS WHERE SUCH DISTRICT IS FOUND TO BE IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH
   35  ITS PLAN OR IS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS  TOWARDS
   36  ACCOMPLISHING ITS PLAN GOALS.
   37    2. STAGE TWO ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL INTERVENTION STATUS. A. UPON IDEN-
   38  TIFICATION  OF  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT AS BEING IN STAGE TWO ACADEMIC INTER-
   39  VENTION STATUS, THE COMMISSIONER MAY APPOINT  A  DISTINGUISHED  EDUCATOR
   40  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE AND/OR, WHERE
   41  THE DISTRICT IS IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN  STAGE  TWO  FISCAL  INTERVENTION
   42  STATUS,  A  FISCAL  ADMINISTRATOR  TO MONITOR AND ASSIST THE DISTRICT IN
   43  MEETING ITS PLAN GOALS. THE REASONABLE AND NECESSARY  EXPENSES  INCURRED
   44  IN  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF THE DUTIES OF THE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AND/OR
   45  FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE A CHARGE UPON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   46    B. UPON APPOINTMENT, THE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR SHALL HAVE  THE  POWER
   47  AND  DUTY  TO:   (I) REVIEW AND MONITOR THE DISTRICT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF
   48  AND COMPLIANCE WITH ITS  PLAN;  (II)  CONDUCT  AN  INTENSIVE  REVIEW  OF
   49  DISTRICT  AND  SCHOOL  SYSTEMS,  STRUCTURES,  OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES;
   50  (III) ASSESS THE DISTRICT'S CAPACITY TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT TEACHING AND
   51  LEARNING WITHIN ALL SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT;  (IV)  WORK  WITH  DISTRICT
   52  STAFF, ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW DATA, ANALYZE
   53  DISTRICT  AND SCHOOL STRUCTURES, PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT, ASSIST IN TARGET-
   54  ING DISTRICT PRIORITIES; (V) FACILITATE  INCREASED  STUDENT  PERFORMANCE
   55  ACROSS  THE  DISTRICT;  (VI)  RECOMMEND  ADMINISTRATIVE  AND OPERATIONAL
   56  IMPROVEMENTS TO STRENGTHEN SYSTEMS; AND (VII) RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS TO
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    1  THE DISTRICT'S PLAN WHICH MAY INCLUDE SUCH OTHER MEASURES AS HE  OR  SHE
    2  DEEMS  APPROPRIATE  TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT'S PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING ITS
    3  PLAN GOALS.
    4    C. UPON APPOINTMENT, THE FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND
    5  DUTY  TO:    (I) REVIEW AND MONITOR THE DISTRICT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF AND
    6  COMPLIANCE WITH ITS PLAN; (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF
    7  LAW,  RULE  OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, APPROVE ANY PROPOSED CONTRACT
    8  OR OTHER OBLIGATION HAVING A PROJECTED COST OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR
    9  MORE; AND (III) RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUCH MEASURES AS  HE
   10  OR  SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT'S PROGRESS TOWARD MEET-
   11  ING ITS PLAN GOALS, INCLUDING MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING  STRATE-
   12  GIES  TO  ACHIEVE  COST REDUCTIONS AND OTHER FISCAL EFFICIENCIES AND ALL
   13  ESTIMATES OF DISTRICT REVENUES TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY  OF  SUCH  REVENUE
   14  ESTIMATES,  AND  MAKING  FINDINGS REGARDING WHETHER THE AUTHORIZATION BY
   15  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE, CONTINUATION  OF  BUDGET
   16  APPROPRIATIONS  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION AND/OR BUDGETING OF FUTURE
   17  APPROPRIATIONS BY  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  ARE  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE
   18  REQUIREMENTS  OF  A  BALANCED  BUDGET,  AN  APPROPRIATE  UNRESERVED FUND
   19  BALANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE REAL
   20  PROPERTY TAX LAW AND THE DISTRICT'S PLAN GOALS.
   21    D. THE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AND/OR FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SUBMIT
   22  PERIODIC  REPORTS  AS  MAY  BE  REQUIRED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  ON  THE
   23  DISTRICT'S PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING ITS PLAN GOALS AND MAY MAKE RECOMMEN-
   24  DATIONS  TO THE COMMISSIONER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) THAT THE
   25  COMMISSIONER ORDER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  TO  REQUIRE  TRAINING  AND/OR
   26  PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BOARD, DISTRICT OFFICERS AND/OR STAFF,
   27  AS APPROPRIATE, CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE
   28  LAW; AND/OR (II) THAT THE COMMISSIONER ORDER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER
   29  MEASURES  AS APPROPRIATE TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT IN IMPLEMENTING ITS PLAN
   30  AND MEETING ITS PLAN GOALS; AND/OR (III) THAT THE COMMISSIONER  IDENTIFY
   31  THE  DISTRICT AS POTENTIALLY BEING IN STAGE THREE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL
   32  RESTRUCTURING STATUS.
   33    E. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REMOVE A DISTRICT FROM  STAGE  TWO  ACADEMIC
   34  AND/OR  FISCAL  INTERVENTION  STATUS  IF IT MEETS AND MAINTAINS ITS PLAN
   35  GOALS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS. IF THE DISTRICT FAILS TO  MEET
   36  AND  MAINTAIN  ITS  PLAN  GOALS  FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS, THE
   37  COMMISSIONER SHALL IDENTIFY SUCH DISTRICT AS POTENTIALLY BEING IN  STAGE
   38  THREE  ACADEMIC  AND/OR  FISCAL  RESTRUCTURING STATUS, PROVIDED THAT THE
   39  COMMISSIONER MAY AT ANY TIME DURING STAGE  TWO  ACADEMIC  AND/OR  FISCAL
   40  INTERVENTION  STATUS  IDENTIFY  A DISTRICT AS POTENTIALLY BEING IN STAGE
   41  THREE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL RESTRUCTURING STATUS WHERE SUCH DISTRICT IS
   42  FOUND TO BE IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ITS PLAN OR IS UNWILLING OR UNABLE  TO
   43  MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING ITS PLAN GOALS.
   44    3.  STAGE THREE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL RESTRUCTURING STATUS:  APPOINT-
   45  MENT OF AN EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD. A. UPON IDENTIFICATION OF A SCHOOL
   46  DISTRICT AS POTENTIALLY BEING IN  STAGE  THREE  ACADEMIC  AND/OR  FISCAL
   47  RESTRUCTURING  STATUS,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  APPOINT AN INDEPENDENT
   48  REVIEW TEAM TO ASSESS THE REASONS FOR THE DISTRICT'S POTENTIAL  ACADEMIC
   49  AND/OR FISCAL RESTRUCTURING STATUS AND THE PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND
   50  REPORT TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS.
   51    B.  IN  THE  EVENT THAT THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW TEAM CONCLUDES THAT THE
   52  BOARD OF EDUCATION'S  ACTIONS  AND/OR  OMISSIONS  HAVE  INTERFERED  WITH
   53  IMPLEMENTATION  OF THE DISTRICT'S PLAN, THE BOARD OF REGENTS MAY DECLARE
   54  THAT PROBLEMS IN GOVERNANCE ARE A SUBSTANTIAL FACTOR IN  THE  DISTRICT'S
   55  CHRONIC UNDERPERFORMANCE AND THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN STAGE THREE ACADEM-
   56  IC  AND/OR  FISCAL  RESTRUCTURING STATUS. UPON ISSUANCE OF SUCH DECLARA-
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    1  TION, THE BOARD OF REGENTS SHALL APPOINT A THREE MEMBER TEAM TO SERVE ON
    2  AN EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH  SHALL  HAVE
    3  ALL  THE  POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.  UPON APPOINTMENT
    4  OF  AN  EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD, ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
    5  SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE AND NO NEW BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE ELECTED  OR
    6  APPOINTED  WHILE  THE  EDUCATION  OVERSIGHT BOARD IS IN PLACE. WHERE THE
    7  INDEPENDENT REVIEW TEAM SO RECOMMENDS AND THE BOARD OF  REGENTS  ACCEPTS
    8  SUCH  RECOMMENDATION,  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SHALL VACATE HIS OR
    9  HER OFFICE AND BE DEEMED REMOVED FOR CAUSE AND THE  EDUCATION  OVERSIGHT
   10  BOARD SHALL APPOINT A NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
   11    C.  IN  THE  EVENT  THAT THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW TEAM DOES NOT CONCLUDE
   12  THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S ACTIONS AND/OR OMISSIONS  HAVE  INTERFERED
   13  WITH  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT'S PLAN OR THE BOARD OF REGENTS DOES
   14  NOT DECLARE THAT PROBLEMS IN GOVERNANCE ARE A SUBSTANTIAL FACTOR IN  THE
   15  DISTRICT'S  CHRONIC UNDERPERFORMANCE, THE DISTRICT SHALL RETURN TO STAGE
   16  TWO ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL INTERVENTION STATUS UNTIL IT MEETS AND  MAIN-
   17  TAINS  ITS  PLAN  GOALS  FOR  THREE  CONSECUTIVE  SCHOOL YEARS. WHEN THE
   18  DISTRICT RETURNS  TO  STAGE  TWO  ACADEMIC  AND/OR  FISCAL  INTERVENTION
   19  STATUS,  THE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AND/OR FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR MAY MAKE
   20  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL MEASURES THE DISTRICT MUST  IMPLEMENT  TO
   21  ASSIST ITS PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING AND MAINTAINING ITS PLAN GOALS.
   22    D.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO
   23  THE CONTRARY, WHERE THE COMMISSIONER REMOVES AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF  THE
   24  MEMBERS OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIX OF
   25  THIS  TITLE,  THE  BOARD  OF REGENTS MAY DECLARE THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN
   26  STAGE THREE ACADEMIC AND/OR FISCAL RESTRUCTURING STATUS  AND  APPOINT  A
   27  THREE  MEMBER  TEAM  TO  SERVE  ON  AN EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE
   28  SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   29    E. AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  APPOINT  AN
   30  INDEPENDENT  REVIEW  TEAM  TO  EVALUATE  AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
   31  BOARD OF REGENTS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EDUCATION  OVERSIGHT  BOARD
   32  AND  THE  NEED, IF ANY, TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AN EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD
   33  IN PLACE. IF THE BOARD OF REGENTS DETERMINES  THAT  CONTINUATION  OF  AN
   34  EDUCATION  OVERSIGHT  BOARD  IS NECESSARY, THEY MAY REAPPOINT MEMBERS OF
   35  THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OR APPOINT A NEW OVERSIGHT BOARD  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
   36  SUBDIVISION.  IF THE BOARD OF REGENTS DETERMINES THAT CONTINUATION OF AN
   37  EDUCATION  OVERSIGHT BOARD IS NOT NECESSARY AND THAT THE EDUCATION OVER-
   38  SIGHT BOARD SHOULD BE ELIMINATED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ORDER  THAT  A
   39  SPECIAL  ELECTION  BE HELD AND WHEN ALL SUCH NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS
   40  TAKE OFFICE, THE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD SHALL BE TERMINATED.
   41    F. AT ANY TIME AFTER THE APPOINTMENT OF AN EDUCATION OVERSIGHT  BOARD,
   42  TWENTY-FIVE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS,  OR FIVE PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS
   43  WHO VOTED AT THE LAST ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,
   44  WHICHEVER  IS GREATER, MAY PETITION THE COMMISSIONER FOR A DETERMINATION
   45  WHETHER THE APPOINTED EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD SHOULD  BE  MODIFIED  OR
   46  ELIMINATED  AND  WHETHER  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT IS NO LONGER IN ACADEMIC
   47  AND/OR FISCAL STATUS.  THE DETERMINATION OF THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE
   48  SUBJECT  TO  REVIEW  BY  THE BOARD OF REGENTS.   IF THE BOARD OF REGENTS
   49  DETERMINES THAT THE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT BOARD SHOULD BE ELIMINATED,  THE
   50  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ORDER  THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD AND WHEN ALL
   51  SUCH NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS TAKE OFFICE,  THE  EDUCATION  OVERSIGHT
   52  BOARD SHALL BE TERMINATED.
   53    G.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "SCHOOL  DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN A
   54  COMMON,  UNION  FREE,  CENTRAL,  CENTRAL  HIGH  SCHOOL  OR  CITY  SCHOOL
   55  DISTRICT,  OTHER  THAN  A  CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPU-
   56  LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
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    1    H. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE ANY REGULATIONS AND TO
    2  TAKE ANY OTHER MEASURES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
    3  SECTION.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.