A 1775: Requires the electronic and print publication of certain school district reports within 7 days after approval; defines "local officer or employee" to include certain school officials.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1775 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to electronic and print publication of certain school district reports; and to amend the general municipal law, in relation to additional definitions 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 2-f to 2 read as follows: 3 § 2-f. Publication of school reports. Notwithstanding any contrary 4 provision of law or regulation, no later than seven calendar days after 5 the approval by any trustee, principal, officer, or board of education 6 of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central 7 school district or any charter school, such school shall make available 8 on a school or district sponsored website and in printed form at the 9 district office all audit reports, proposed and enacted budgets, expend- 10 iture reports, union contracts, superintendent contracts, and the 11 minutes of all school board meetings. 12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 810 of the general municipal law, as 13 amended by section 5 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2013, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 3. The term "local officer or employee" shall mean a superintendent, 16 district superintendent or school business official as well as the heads 17 (other than local elected officials) of any agency, department, divi- 18 sion, council, board, commission, or bureau of a political subdivision 19 and their deputies and assistants, and the officers and employees of 20 such agencies, departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or 21 councils who hold policy-making positions, as annually determined by the 22 appointing authority and set forth in a written instrument which shall 23 be filed with the appropriate body during the month of February; except EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04365-01-5 
 A. 1775 2 1 that the term "local officer or employee" shall not mean a judge, 2 justice, officer or employee of the unified court system. Members, offi- 3 cers, and employees of each industrial development agency and authority 4 established by this chapter or created by the public authorities law 5 shall be deemed officers or employees of the county, city, village, or 6 town for whose benefit such agency or authority is established or 7 created. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 9 it shall have become a law.