Chapter 20 - EDUCATION

Section 520.

Section 520.

  §  520.   Salaries of members of the board of education  1. Members of
the board of education, other than the president, shall  be  compensated
at  the rate of one hundred sixty dollars and the president of the board
at the rate of one hundred seventy-five dollars per  calendar  day  when
performing  the work of the board, provided, however, that in any fiscal
year a member or president shall not be compensated for  more  than  two
hundred  ten  calendar  days  for  all  work performed by such member or
president during the fiscal year.
  2. Members of the board of education shall, within the funds  provided
therefor  in the budget of the board of education, be entitled to use an
automobile limited to the performance of their public  duties  provided,
that  the  cost  of such automobile shall not exceed that of automobiles
provided to city commissioners.

Section 521.

Section 521.

  §  521.  Property under board of education; care and control; suits in
regard thereto. a.  The  title  to  all  property,  real  and  personal,
heretofore or hereafter acquired for school or educational purposes, and
also  the title to all property, real and personal, purchased for school
or educational purposes with any school moneys, whether derived from the
issue of bonds or raised by taxation, shall be vested in the  city,  but
under the care and control of the board of education for the purposes of
public education, recreation and other public uses.
  b.  Suits in relation to such property shall be brought in the name of
the board of education.
  c. The city shall have power to take and hold any  property,  real  or
personal, devised or bequeathed or transferred to it for the purposes of
education  in  said  city; but such property shall be under the care and
control of the board of education for the purposes of public  education,
recreation and other public uses in the city.
  d.  Not  later  than  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  April,  the board of
education shall submit to the mayor,  the  borough  presidents  and  the
council  an  itemized  statement,  covering those portions of the city's
capital plant, as defined in section eleven hundred  ten-a,  which  have
been  committed  to  the  care  and control of the board of education or
officers or employees thereof, by project type and, within project type,
by personal services and other-than-personal services,  of  the  amounts
appropriated  for  maintenance  of such portions of the capital plant in
the previous and current fiscal  years  as  originally  adopted  and  as
modified  through  the first nine months of the current fiscal year, and
of the amounts actually expended for such maintenance  in  the  previous
fiscal year and through the first nine months of the current fiscal year
and  the  amounts  estimated  to be expended for such purpose during the
balance  of  the  current  fiscal  year;  and,  an  explanation  of  the
substantive  differences,  if any, between the amounts actually expended
for such maintenance in the previous fiscal  year  or  projected  to  be
expended  for  such  purpose  in the current fiscal year and the amounts
originally appropriated for such purpose for such years.
  e. Not later than the first day of February of the year  two  thousand
and three and on a quarterly basis thereafter, not later than May first,
August  first,  November  first,  and  February  first of each year, the
chancellor of the city school district shall submit to  the  council  an
itemized  statement  covering the status of every school capital project
that was completed during the immediately preceding  fiscal  quarter  or
not  completed  but  for  which funding was appropriated. This statement
shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for each
such project: (1) the total amount appropriated for the  school  capital
project; (2) the original and current total estimated cost of the school
capital  project,  disaggregated  by  project  phase, including, but not
limited to, scope, design, and construction; (3) the projected or actual
start and end date of each such project  phase;  (4)  the  total  amount
expended  on the project as of the last day of the immediately preceding
fiscal quarter, disaggregated by project phase; (5) a clear  explanation
of  the  reasons for any projected or actual cost overrun of ten percent
or more of the  total  estimated  cost  of  the  project;  (6)  a  clear
explanation  of  the  reasons for any delay of sixty days or longer with
respect to any phase of the project  and  (7)  the  name,  office  phone
number  and e-mail address of the project manager, or person responsible
for reporting on the project, within three months of  appropriation  for
the school capital project.
  f. The chancellor of the city school district shall provide additional
electronic notification to the council within thirty days of learning of
any of the following with respect to any school capital project: (1) any

projected  or  actual  delay  of  sixty days or more with respect to any
phase of the project and (2) any  projected  or  actual  change  of  ten
percent  or  more  of  the  total  estimated  cost  of  the project. The
chancellor   of   the  city  school  district  shall  also  provide  the
information required by this  subdivision  to  the  council  member  who
represents the district in which the project is located.
  g.  The  office  of  management  and  budget  shall provide electronic
notification to the council immediately upon issuing  a  certificate  to
proceed  for  every school capital project. The office of management and
budget shall also provide the information required in  this  subdivision
to  the  council member who represents the district in which the project
is located.
  h. For purposes of subdivisions e, f, and g, "school capital  project"
shall  mean:  (1) any project included in any current or prior five-year
educational facilities capital plan; and (2) any capital project  for  a
school  facility for which funding was appropriated to the department of
education or its successor pursuant to sections two hundred eleven,  two
hundred forty-nine, or two hundred fifty-four.

Section 522.

Section 522.

  § 522.  Reports of the department a. The department of education shall
on or before the thirtieth  day  of  November  in  each  year  make  and
transmit  to  the  mayor a report in writing, for the year ending on the
thirty-first day of July next preceding, stating  the  whole  number  of
schools  under  its  jurisdiction  during  the  said year; the number of
teachers; the total number  of  pupils  on  register,  and  the  average
attendance  at  each  school;  the  number  of high schools and training
schools for teachers, with the number of teachers and the attendance  of
pupils  at  each;  the corporate schools or societies from which reports
have been made to the department of education, the length of  time  such
schools  have  been  kept open, and the number of teachers and of pupils
taught in each such school and the total amount of  money  expended  for
the purposes of public education in the city during the preceding fiscal
year.  The  department of education shall also make in said reports such
suggestions and recommendations relative to the public  schools  of  the
city as it may deem proper.
  b.  Temporary  and non-standard classroom reporting. The department of
education shall report to the council annually,  on  or  before  October
fifteenth of each year, the number of non-standard classrooms within the
public   school   system.  Such  report  shall  provide  the  number  of
non-standard classrooms, disaggregated  by:  school;  zip  code;  school
district;  instructional  region;  community district; council district;
and borough, and for each non-standard classroom, the number of children
who attend classes in each such non-standard classroom. For purposes  of
this  section,  the term "non-standard classrooms" shall mean any of the
following spaces that are  used  for  subject-matter  instruction  where
students  are  intended to be seated at desks: a transportable classroom
unit; a classroom located in a structure that was not built or renovated
with the intention  that  such  structure  be  a  permanent  educational
facility;  a  classroom  located  in a multi-purpose room, also called a
cluster  room,  and  not  used  for   the   specialized   instructional,
administrative  or  other  purposes  for which such room was designed or
intended; a classroom located in a  space  that  was  not  designed  for
classroom  use  when built or when last fully renovated; and a classroom
the use of which violates any New York city or state law  pertaining  to
classroom design, location or amenity or the type of interior space that
may lawfully be used as classroom space.
  c.  Class  size  reporting. The department of education shall submit a
report to the  city  council  twice  annually,  on  or  before  November
fifteenth  and  February  fifteenth  of  each  year, with respect to the
following information regarding class sizes  in  New  York  city  public
schools:
  1. For each school and, separately, for each academic program within a
school  or  school  building,  including  smaller  schools housed within
larger institutions and specialized programs, such as those  for  gifted
students and for students with special needs, the average class size per
grade of all classes in such school or program;
  2.  For  each  school  district and for each region, the average class
size per grade of all classes in such district and region;
  3. For each borough, the average class size per grade of  all  classes
in such borough;
  4. Citywide, the average class size per grade; and
  5.  A  detailed description of the methodologies used to calculate all
such grade size data reported.
  d. Presentation of class size reporting. Average class size  shall  be
reported:
  1. By the number of students, rounded to the nearest tenth; and

  2. By core academic subject, in all grades in which such core academic
subjects  are  taught  in  classes  that vary from such grades' homeroom
classes.
  e.   Class  size  reporting  exceptions.  The  reporting  required  by
subdivision c of this section shall:
  1. Exclude classes that are composed of students who are  enrolled  in
any   school  or  program  that  exclusively  serves  students  who  are
incarcerated, on probation, or otherwise under the jurisdiction  of  the
state or federal court system;
  2.   Be  made  by  category  of  class,  such  as  12-to-1  or  5-to-1
student/teacher ratio, with  respect  to  students  who  attend  classes
exclusively for children who have individualized education plans; and
  3.  Exclude  classes  taught  at vocational schools and programs, also
known as career and technical schools and programs, to the  extent  that
such  classes  within  such  schools  and  programs  do not provide core
academic content.
  f. Dissemination of information. The reporting required by subdivision
c of this section shall, in addition  to  being  provided  to  the  city
council,  be  placed on the department's website, and may be distributed
by such other means  as  the  chancellor,  in  his  or  her  discretion,
determines  to  be  a reasonable method of providing such information to
the public. The reporting required by  subdivision  g  of  this  section
shall  be  provided to the city council in electronic form and be placed
on the department's website in an  electronic  form  compatible  with  a
non-proprietary  database  program.  Further,  a  link  to the reporting
required by subdivision g of  this  section  shall  be  posted  on  each
school's web portal, and such reporting may be distributed by such other
means  as  the  chancellor, in his or her discretion, determines to be a
reasonable method of providing such information to the public.
  g. Capacity and utilization reporting. Not later than the first day of
November of the year two thousand thirteen and not later than the  first
day  of  November  of  every year thereafter, the chancellor of the city
school district shall submit to the council a  report  on  capacity  and
utilization  data  for  the  prior school year. For the purposes of this
subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
  "Academic intervention services" shall mean any academic or behavioral
services  provided  to  students  in  addition  to   regular   classroom
instruction   including,  but  not  limited  to,  services  for  special
education students and students identified as english language learners;
  "Health clinic"  shall  mean  any  area  within  a  school  designated
exclusively for providing health services to students including, but not
limited to, physical examinations and screenings for vision, hearing and
other medical conditions;
  "Non-school  organization" shall mean any organization or program that
is not operated by the New York city department of education  including,
but not limited to, after school programs, general education development
programs and social services;
  "Physical  fitness space" shall mean any space used for the purpose of
physical fitness instruction;
  "School" shall mean any elementary, middle or high school  within  the
jurisdiction  of  the  New  York city department of education and in any
educational facility owned or leased by the city of  New  York,  holding
some  combination  thereof  including,  but  not limited to, district 75
schools and charter schools; and
  "Teachers' lounge" shall mean any space exclusively designated for use
by teachers and school staff for non-instructional time.
  Such report shall include the total number of each  type  of  room  or
space  listed  below,  indicate  whether  such  type of room or space is

shared by multiple schools, and provide the  following  information  for
each school building and each school within a building or structure that
holds  one  or  more  schools,  and  shall identify space utilized for a
specified   purpose  if  such  space  is  primarily  utilized  for  such
identified purpose no less than fifty percent of the time, provided that
nothing herein shall prevent the reporting of additional spaces that are
utilized for less than fifty percent of the time if such  percentage  of
time  is indicated in the report, provided that all information required
by  this  subdivision  shall  be  aggregated  citywide,   as   well   as
disaggregated   by  community  school  district,  council  district  and
borough:
  1. Cluster rooms or specialty rooms used for the purpose of delivering
specialized instruction and  the  purposes  for  which  such  rooms  are
utilized  in  such  subject  areas  including,  but not limited to, art,
music, dance, science, computer, theatre and shop, by type of usage, and
the square footage of each such room;
  2. Rooms  utilized  for  occupational  or  physical  therapy,  speech,
hearing,  vision,  adaptive physical education, counseling, school-based
support teams and testing accommodations for students with disabilities,
by type of usage, and the square footage of each such room;
  3. Rooms utilized for academic intervention services, and  the  square
footage of each such room;
  4. Rooms utilized as physical fitness space including, but not limited
to,  gymnasiums  and  other physical fitness space, including the square
footage of each such room;
  5. Non-instructional spaces, such as hallways, used for  instructional
purposes,  academic  intervention services, or therapeutic or counseling
services;
  6. Health clinics, and the square footage of each such health clinic;
  7. Student locker rooms;
  8. Student bathrooms;
  9. Teachers' lounges;
  10. Auditoriums, and the square footage of each such auditorium;
  11. Libraries, and the square footage of each such library;
  12. Lunchrooms, the square footage of each  such  lunchroom,  and  the
number of periods or half periods in which the lunchroom is utilized for
the purpose of serving meals each day by each school;
  13.  Rooms  or  spaces  occupied  by non-school organizations, and the
square footage being occupied by each such organization.

Section 523.

Section 523.

  §  523.    Removal by mayor after hearing.  Any member of the board of
education or of the local school board may be removed by  the  mayor  on
proof  of  official  misconduct  in  office or of negligence in official
duties or of conduct in any manner connected with  official  duties,  or
otherwise,  which  tends  to  discredit the office of such member or the
school system, or for mental or physical inability  to  perform  duties;
but  before  removal  such member shall receive notice in writing of the
charges and copy thereof, and shall be entitled to a hearing  on  notice
before the mayor and to the assistance of counsel at said hearing.

Section 526.

Section 526.

  §  526.    Powers  of  investigation.    The  board  of  education may
investigate, of its own motion or otherwise either in the board or by  a
committee  of  its  own  body, any subject of which it has cognizance or
over which it has legal control, including the conduct  of  any  of  its
members  or  employees  or  those of any local school board; and for the
purpose of such investigation, such board or its president, or committee
or its chairman, shall have and may exercise  all  the  powers  which  a
board  of education has or may exercise in the case of a trial under the
Education Law or the Civil Practice  Law  and  Rules.    Any  action  or
determination  of  a  committee  appointed  under the provisions of this
section shall be subject to approval or reversal by the board, which may
also modify the determination of the committee in such way as the  board
shall  deem proper and just, and the judgment of the board thereon shall
be final.

Section 526-a.

Section 526-a.

  §  526-a. Powers of investigation. a. Statement of purpose and intent.
The purpose and intent of this section is to ensure that  all  suspected
crimes committed by an adult against a student or another adult, and all
allegations  of  sex-offenses  or  other  violent  crimes committed by a
student against another  student,  including  any  bias-related  violent
crime committed by any adult or student, in a public school, is reported
to  the  police department and the special commissioner of investigation
for the New York city school district.  It is not the purpose and intent
of this section to mandate  the  reporting  of  incidents  amounting  to
ordinary misbehavior and "name calling" among students.
  b.  Where,  the board, a committee of the board or officer or employee
of the city school district of the city of  New  York  has  evidence  or
other  information  relating to a suspected crime, the board, committee,
officer or employee which has such information shall immediately  report
such  evidence  or  other  information  to the police department and the
special commissioner of investigation, in a form and  manner  prescribed
by  rule  by  the  police  department,  and  to  the school's principal,
provided, however, that if such evidence or other  information  directly
or  indirectly  involves or implicates such school principal, the report
shall be made to the district  superintendent  as  well  as  the  police
department.
  c.  Where  there  is  a  suspected  crime  against a child, the school
principal or district superintendent shall promptly notify the parent or
legal guardian of such child about whom a report has been  made,  except
where,  after  consultation  with  the police department and the special
commissioner of investigation, it is determined that  such  notification
would impede a criminal investigation.
  d. Any such committee or individual who in good faith reports evidence
or  other  information  relating  to  a  suspected  crime  to the police
department and school principal or district superintendent in accordance
with the provisions of subdivision b of this section shall have immunity
from any civil liability that may arise from the making of such  report,
and  the school district or any school district employee shall not take,
request or cause a retaliatory action  against  any  such  committee  or
individual who makes a report. Nothing herein shall abrogate obligations
of  confidentiality imposed by certain privileged relationships pursuant
to state law.
  e. The police department  shall  promulgate  all  rules  necessary  to
implement the provisions of this section.
  f. The provisions of this section shall not be construed as either (1)
limiting  the  authority  of any agency, commission, other entity or its
members to conduct any administrative, civil or  criminal  investigation
that  is  within  the  scope  of  their  authority,  or (2) limiting any
obligation to file a report with  any  city,  state  or  federal  agency
concerning a suspected crime or other activity.

Section 527.

Section 527.

  §  527.  Changes in state law. This chapter shall not prevent the city
from exercising any power now or hereafter conferred by law.

Section 528.

Section 528.

  §  528. The installation and operation of security cameras in New York
City public schools.
  a. Installation of Security Cameras. The New York City  department  of
education,  in  consultation  with  the New York City police department,
shall install  security  cameras  at  schools  and  consolidated  school
locations  operated by the department of education where the chancellor,
in consultation with the New York City  police  department,  deems  such
cameras  appropriate  for safety purposes. Such cameras may be placed at
the entrance and exit doors of each school and may be placed in any area
of the school where individuals do not have a reasonable expectation  of
privacy.  The  number,  type,  placement,  and  location of such cameras
within each school shall be at  the  discretion  of  the  department  of
education,  in  consultation  with  the principal of each school and the
police department.
  b.  Schedule  of  Installation.  The  department  of   education,   in
consultation  with  the  police department, shall set the priorities for
installation of cameras as set forth in subdivision a to  include  among
other  appropriate  factors  consideration  of  the level of violence in
schools, as determined by the police department and  the  department  of
education.  By  the  end  of 2006, the potential installation of cameras
shall have been reviewed for all schools under the jurisdiction  of  the
department  of  education,  including  elementary schools. At the end of
2006, the department of education shall submit  a  report  to  the  city
council indicating, for each school under its jurisdiction, the findings
of the review and the reasons for the findings contained therein.

Section 529.

Section 529.

  §  529.  Education  department  and  police department school incident
reporting requirements.
  a. The New York city department of education, or its successor,  shall
make available to the public, pursuant to subdivision d of this section,
reports   that   reflect  the  environment  of  criminal  and  seriously
disruptive behavior in schools operated by the department of education.
  b. Such reports shall include an  annual  reporting,  on  a  city-wide
basis as well as for each school or co-located group of schools operated
by  the department of education, of information reported by the New York
city police department to the department of education on the  following:
the  total  amount  of  major  felony  crime,  disaggregated  by  felony
category; the total amount  of  other  crime,  disaggregated  by  crimes
against  persons  and  crimes  against property; and the total amount of
non-criminal incidents.
  c. Such reports shall also include an annual reporting, on a city-wide
basis as well as for each school or co-located group of schools operated
by  the  department  of  education,  of  incidents  designated  by   the
chancellor  in  the  citywide  standards  of discipline and intervention
measures (the "discipline code") as seriously disruptive,  dangerous  or
violent  behavior in schools operated by the department of education, as
reported in the department of education's  online  occurrence  reporting
system, or a successor reporting system. The chancellor, in consultation
with   the   police   department,  shall  develop  guidelines  to  avoid
duplicative  reporting  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  of  information
already contained in reports described in subdivision b of this section.
  d.  The  department  of education shall make such reports available on
its web site and shall include such information  in  the  school  report
card  for  each  school that it operates. The department shall also make
such reports available in paper form at all schools and all district and
regional offices, and shall provide copies to  the  public  on  request.
Such annual reports shall be available by October 1st, and shall include
data  from the previous school year (September 1st through June 30th) of
information reported by the New  York  city  police  department  to  the
department  of  education and, as soon as practicable, but no later than
one year after the effective date of this law, shall  also  include  the
reports   generated   by   the  department  of  education  described  in
subdivision c of this section.

Section 530.

Section 530.

  * § 530. Reporting requirements.
  a.  The New York city department of education, or its successor, shall
report annually to the  metropolitan  transportation  authority,  on  or
before  the  fifteenth  day  of  August  of  each  year,  the  following
information:
  1. The name and address of any school under the  jurisdiction  of  the
department  of education that is to begin its first year of operation in
the upcoming school year, the number of students enrolled  in  any  such
school,  and  the  zip  codes of the students and the percentage of such
students in each such zip code attending each respective school;
  2. The name and address of any school receiving an increase of 200  or
more  students  enrolled  for the upcoming school year, the zip codes of
the new students enrolled in any such school, and the percentage of such
new students in each such zip code.
  * NB There are 2 § 530's

Section 530-b

Section 530-b

  §  530-b Student discharge reporting data. a. For the purposes of this
section:
  1. "Cohort" shall  mean  a  group  of  students  who  entered  into  a
specified grade in the same year.
  2.  "Department" shall mean the department of education of the city of
New York.
  3. "Discharge code" shall refer to any code utilized by the department
to indicate when a student leaves a school within the department without
transferring  to  another  school  within  the  department  or   without
graduating.
  4.  "Discharged"  shall  mean any student whose enrollment at a school
organization  has  been  voluntarily  or  involuntarily  terminated   or
withdrawn  for  reasons  including,  but  not limited to, discharge to a
private or parochial school or a non-DOE institution, or the absence  of
any student after twenty consecutive days.
  5.  "Graduation"  shall  mean  the  act  of  meeting  all requirements
outlined by the state education law in order to receive  a  high  school
diploma.
  6. "Student" shall mean any pupil under the age of 21.
  7.  "Transfer  code" shall mean to any code utilized by the department
to indicate  when  a  student  transfers  from  one  school  within  the
department to another school within the department.
  8.  "Transferred"  shall  mean any student who has been voluntarily or
involuntarily reassigned to another school or program including, but not
limited to, a part-time  or  full-time  department  GED  program,  or  a
temporary reassignment to another school program.
  b. Not later than June 30th of the year two thousand and twelve and on
an  annual  basis thereafter, the chancellor of the city school district
of the city of New York shall submit to the  council  and  post  on  the
department's  website,  a report which identifies the number of students
discharged or transferred during the  previous  school  year  from  each
school  under  the  jurisdiction  of such district including any and all
discharge and transfer codes utilized by the district and  disaggregated
by  cohort  for  grades nine through twelve and by grade for students in
grade six through eight. Such report shall include, but not  be  limited
to, the following information:
  1.  The total number of students discharged from each school in grades
nine through twelve, disaggregated by cohort, age as of December 31st of
the previous calendar year,  race/ethnicity,  gender,  English  language
learner status and special education status.
  2.  The total number of students discharged from each school in grades
six through  eight,  disaggragated  by  grade,  race/ethnicity,  gender,
English language learner status and special education status.
  3. The total number of students in grades nine through twelve who left
their  respective  school,  disaggregated by all discharge, transfer and
graduation codes used by the department.
  4. The total number of students in grades six through eight  who  left
their  respective  school,  disaggregated by all discharge, transfer and
graduation codes used by the department.
  5. The total  number  of  students  in  grades  nine  through  twelve,
discharged due to reasons relating to pregnancy or parenting.
  6.  The  total  number  of  students  in  grades  six  through  eight,
disaggregated by grade,  discharged  to  parochial  schools  or  private
schools.
  7.  The  total  number  of  students  in  grades  nine through twelve,
disaggregated by cohort, discharged  to  parochial  schools  or  private
schools.

  8.  The  total  number  of  students  in  grades  six  through  eight,
disaggregated by grade, enrolled in school at correctional facilities or
detention programs.
  9.  The  total  number  of  students  in  grades  nine through twelve,
disaggregated by cohort, enrolled in school at  correctional  facilities
or detention programs.
  10.  The  total  number  of  students discharged in grades six through
eight, disaggregated by grade, receiving special education services.
  11. The total number of students discharged  in  grades  nine  through
twelve, disaggregated by cohort, receiving special education services.
  12.  All  information  required  by  this  section shall be aggregated
citywide, as well as  disaggregated  by  borough  and  community  school
district.
  c.  No  information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant
to this section shall be reported in a manner  that  would  violate  any
applicable  provision  of  federal,  state  or local law relating to the
privacy  of  student  information  or  that  would  interfere  with  law
enforcement  investigations  or otherwise conflict with the interests of
law enforcement. If a category contains between 0  and  9  students,  or
allows  another category to be narrowed to between 0 and 9 students, the
number shall be replaced with a symbol.

Section 530-c

Section 530-c

  § 530-c Student graduation reporting data. a. For the purposes of this
section:
  1.  "Alternative  education  program"  shall  mean any program that is
specifically designed  to  meet  the  academic  needs  of  traditionally
underperforming students.
  2.  "Department" shall mean the department of education of the city of
New York.
  3. "Self-contained" shall mean any special education  program  wherein
special  education  students  are  not integrated with general education
students during academic instruction.
  b. Not later than February 1st of the year two thousand and twelve and
on an annual  basis  thereafter,  the  chancellor  of  the  city  school
district of the city of New York shall submit to the council and post on
the  department's  website,  a report which identifies schools under the
jurisdiction of such district that have been closed during the  previous
school  year  and the number of students at each such school who did not
complete their respective graduation requirements prior to  the  closure
of  such  school.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the
following information with respect to such students who did not complete
graduation requirements in the prior school year:
  1. The total number and percentage of students  at  each  such  school
assigned to a different school and the school to which each such student
was  assigned,  including,  but  not  limited  to, alternative education
programs, young adult borough  center  programs  and  general  education
development programs.
  2.  The  total  number and percentage of students who were absent from
school 0 to 20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, and 81-100 percent of the  time  in
the prior school year.
  3.  The  total number and percentage of students who utilized a credit
recovery option in order to accumulate credits.
  4. The total number  and  percentage  of  students  receiving  special
education  services  including, but not limited to, students assigned to
self-contained programs.
  5. The total number and percentage of students  who  were  assigned  a
dropout  code  by the department including, but not limited to, students
who were identified by the department  as  having  an  unknown  address,
exceeding  21  years  of  age,  entering military service or voluntarily
withdrawing.
  6. For students in grades nine through twelve, the  total  number  and
percentage  of  students  at  each  school whose grade point average was
recorded below 2.0; between 2.0 and 3.0; and between 3.0 and 4.0.
  7. All information required by this subdivision shall be disaggregated
by grade, age as  of  December  31st  of  the  previous  calendar  year,
race/ethnicity,  gender,  English  language  learner status, and special
education status.
  8. All information required by this subdivision  shall  be  aggregated
citywide,  as  well  as  disaggregated  by  borough and community school
district.
  c. No information that is otherwise required to be  reported  pursuant
to  this  section  shall  be reported in a manner that would violate any
applicable provision of federal, state or  local  law  relating  to  the
privacy  of  student  information  or  that  would  interfere  with  law
enforcement investigations or otherwise conflict with the  interests  of
law  enforcement.  If  a  category contains between 0 and 9 students, or
allows another category to be narrowed to between 0 and 9 students,  the
number shall be replaced with a symbol.

Section 530-d

Section 530-d

  §  530-d  Notification requirements, PCBs. a. For the purposes of this
section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
  1. "Department" shall mean the New York city department of education.
  2. "PCBs" shall mean polychlorinated biphenyls.
  3. "PCB light ballast" shall mean a device that electrically  controls
fluorescent  light  fixtures  and  that  includes  a PCB small capacitor
containing dielectric.
  4.  "PCB  lighting  removal  plan"   shall   mean   the   department's
comprehensive  plan  to remove, replace or remediate light fixtures that
have used or are using PCB light ballasts or are presumed to  have  used
or to be using PCB light ballasts.
  5.  "Reportable  PCB  levels" shall mean written test results of light
fixtures including, but  not  limited  to,  air,  wipe  or  bulk  sample
analysis, performed by or at the request of the department, the New York
city  school  construction  authority or the United States environmental
protection agency that show concentrations  of  PCBs  which  exceed  the
amount  allowable  pursuant to the applicable regulations promulgated by
the United States environmental protection agency, and shall  also  mean
the  inspection  results of light fixtures that are leaking and presumed
to have used or to be using PCB light ballasts.
  6. "Public school" shall mean any school in a building owned or leased
by  the  department,  including  charter  schools,  that  contains   any
combination of grades from kindergarten through grade twelve.
  b.  The  department  shall  notify  the  parents  of  students and the
employees in any public school that has been  inspected  or  tested  for
reportable  PCB levels of the results of such inspection or testing, and
whether the results of such  inspection  or  testing  were  negative  or
positive,  within seven days of receiving such results; provided that if
such results are received during  a  scheduled  school  vacation  period
exceeding  five  days  and  the  area  where  such inspection or testing
occurred is  not  being  used  by  students  during  such  period,  such
notification  shall  occur no later than seven days following the end of
such period.  The  department  shall  also  post  such  results  on  the
department's website within seven days of receiving such results.
  c. The notification required pursuant to subdivision b of this section
shall  include  information  setting  forth the steps the department has
taken and will take to address such reportable PCB levels, including the
timeframe during which such  reportable  PCB  levels  were  or  will  be
addressed.  If  such  steps are not completed within such timeframe then
the department shall notify  such  parents  and  employees  of  the  new
timeframe  for such steps. The department shall also notify such parents
and employees within seven days  of  the  date  such  steps  to  address
reportable PCB levels are completed.
  d.  Not  later  than  the  fifteenth day of April of the year 2012 and
annually thereafter not later than the fifteenth day  of  November,  the
department shall notify the parents of students and the employees in any
public  school  identified  as  part  of  the  department's PCB lighting
removal plan that such school has been identified as part of  such  plan
and  shall  provide  in  such annual notice an explanation regarding the
department's PCB lighting removal plan including, but  not  limited  to,
the  reasons  for  removal,  replacement,  or remediation, the fact that
certain light fixtures are presumed to contain PCBs,  and  the  schedule
for such removal, replacement or remediation.

Section 530-e

Section 530-e

  §  530-e  PCB reporting data. a. For the purposes of this section, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
  1. "Department" shall mean the New York city department of education.
  2. "PCBs" shall mean polychlorinated biphenyls.
  3. "PCB light ballast" shall mean a device that electrically  controls
fluorescent  light  fixtures  and  that  includes  a PCB small capacitor
containing dielectric.
  4.  "PCB  lighting  removal  plan"   shall   mean   the   department's
comprehensive  plan  to remove, replace or remediate light fixtures that
have used or are using PCB light ballasts or are presumed to  have  used
or to be using PCB light ballasts.
  5.  "Reportable  PCB  levels" shall mean written test results of light
fixtures including, but  not  limited  to,  air,  wipe  or  bulk  sample
analysis, performed by or at the request of the department, the New York
city  school  construction  authority or the United States environmental
protection agency that show concentrations  of  PCBs  which  exceed  the
amount  allowable  pursuant to the applicable regulations promulgated by
the United States environmental protection agency, and shall  also  mean
the  inspection  results of light fixtures that are leaking and presumed
to have used or to be using PCB light ballasts.
  6. "Public school" shall mean any school in a building owned or leased
by  the  department,  including  charter  schools,  that  contains   any
combination of grades from kindergarten through grade twelve.
  b.  Not  later  than  the  fifteenth day of April of the year 2012 the
department shall  submit  to  the  council  a  preliminary  report,  and
annually  thereafter  not  later  than the fifteenth day of November the
department shall submit to the council a report, regarding the  progress
of  the  department's  PCB  lighting  removal  plan and the department's
efforts to address caulk in public schools and shall post such report on
the department's website. The report shall include, but not  be  limited
to:  information  regarding the overall progress on such plan including,
but not limited to, an updated list of public schools identified as part
of such plan, the steps that will be taken  to  address  reportable  PCB
levels  at such schools, and the schedule for addressing such reportable
PCB levels at such schools; a  list  of  schools  where  reportable  PCB
levels  have  been addressed, the steps taken to address such reportable
PCB levels including, but not limited to, information regarding  whether
light fixtures and floor tiles were removed, replaced or remediated, and
the  timeframe during which such reportable PCB levels were addressed; a
list of schools for which notification was sent to parents and employees
pursuant to subdivision b of section 530-d of this  chapter,  the  steps
taken to address the presence and removal, replacement or remediation of
PCB  light  ballasts  at  such  schools,  including  the number of light
fixtures and floor tiles that were removed, replaced or  remediated  and
the  reasons  for  which inspection or testing for reportable PCB levels
occurred including, but not limited to, routine inspection and discovery
of a leaking ballast or pursuant to a  consent  order  or  any  existing
agreement  with  the  United  States  environmental protection agency; a
summary of the test results for any routine testing for  PCBs  in  caulk
performed  by or at the direction of the department or the New York city
school construction authority  including,  but  not  limited  to,  which
schools  were  tested and for what reason, and information pertaining to
the steps the department has taken and will take to address the presence
and removal of PCBs in caulking including, but not limited to, the  test
results  of any pilot study conducted pursuant to a consent order or any
existing agreement  with  the  United  States  environmental  protection
agency,  an  update  on the status of such pilot study, and in the event
that the department and New  York  City  school  construction  authority

reach  agreement  with the United States environmental protection agency
at some future  date  on  a  final  citywide  PCB  management  plan,  as
described  in  and  pursuant to all terms and conditions of the existing
agreement   with  EPA,  a  description  and  update  on  PCB  management
activities, including the management of PCBs  in  caulking,  implemented
under  such  a  final plan. All information required by this subdivision
shall be aggregated citywide, as  well  as  disaggregated  by  community
school district, council district and borough.
  c.  The  report  shall  include  a  link  to information posted on the
website of the department of health and  mental  hygiene  that  provides
answers to frequently asked questions regarding PCBs.
  d.  The  requirements  of  this  section  shall no longer be in effect
following the  department's  submission  to  the  council  of  a  report
documenting  that  the  removal  of  all  light fixtures pursuant to the
department's PCB lighting removal plan has been completed.

Section 530-f

Section 530-f

  * § 530-f Instructional arts requirements data.
  a. For the purposes of this section:
  "Department" shall mean the department of education of the city of New
York.
  "Instructional  requirements  for the arts" shall mean the regulations
promulgated within part 100 of title 8, or successor regulations, of the
New York code rules and regulations by the New York  state  commissioner
of education.
  b.  Not  later  than  February  15th  2014,  and  on  an  annual basis
thereafter by the 15th of February, the department shall submit  to  the
council  and  post  on  the  department's  website,  data  regarding the
provision of instructional requirements for the arts in schools for  the
preceding school year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
  1.  The  total  number  and  percentage of schools serving students in
grades one through six that have met all instructional  requirements  in
all of the following disciplines: music, dance, theatre and visual arts;
  2.  The  total  number  and  percentage of students in grade eight who
have:
  i. completed all instructional requirements for the arts grades  seven
through eight;
  3. The total number and percentage of high school graduates who have:
  i.  completed  all  instructional requirements for the arts for grades
nine through twelve;
  4. The total number of full-time licensed arts  instructors  on  staff
for grades seven through twelve including but not limited to their areas
of arts certification; and
  5.  The  total  number of part-time licensed arts instructors on staff
for grades seven through twelve including but not limited to their areas
of arts certification.
  c. Data shall include demographic information regarding the racial and
ethnic composition of the school and shall include,  but  shall  not  be
limited  to,  the  percentage  of  special  education  students  and the
percentage of English language learners.
  d. All information required to be reported by this  section  shall  be
aggregated  citywide, as well as disaggregated by city council district,
community school district and school.
  e. No information that is otherwise required to be  reported  pursuant
to  this  section  shall  be reported in a manner that would violate any
applicable provision of federal, state or  local  law  relating  to  the
privacy  of  student  information  or  that  would  interfere  with  law
enforcement investigations or otherwise conflict with the  interests  of
law  enforcement.  If  a  category contains between 0 and 9 students, or
allows another category to be narrowed to between 0 and 9 students,  the
number shall be replaced with a symbol.
  * NB Effective March 17, 2014