N.Y.
Education Law Section 2590-A
Definitions
1.
City district. The term “city district” shall mean the city school district of the city of New York.2.
Community district. The term “community district” shall mean a community school district created or to be created within the city district under the provisions of this article.3.
City board. The term “city board” shall mean the board of education of the city district. * 4. Community district education council. The term “community council” shall mean the community district education council of a community district established pursuant to § 2590-C (Composition of community district education councils)section twenty-five hundred ninety-c of this article. * NB Effective until June 30, 2026 * 4. Community board. The term “community board” shall mean the board of education of a community district. * NB Effective June 30, 2026 5. Chancellor. The term “chancellor” shall mean the chancellor of the city district.6.
Community superintendent. The term “community superintendent” shall mean the superintendent of schools of a community district.7.
Parent. The term “parent” shall mean a person in parental relation to a child, as that phrase is defined in subdivision ten of § 2 (Definitions)section two of this chapter. * 8. Registered voter. The term “registered voter” shall mean an elector of the city of New York under the election law. * NB Effective June 30, 2026 * 9. Educational facilities. The term “educational facilities” shall mean land and the improvements thereon for use in connection with any educational activity to be undertaken or provided by the city board or any community council or any facility attendant thereto or any facility necessary, useful or desirable in connection with such activity. * NB Effective until June 30, 2026 * 9. Educational facilities. The term “educational facilities” shall mean land and the improvements thereon for use in connection with any educational activity to be undertaken or provided by the city board or any community school board or any facility attendant thereto or any facility necessary, useful or desirable in connection with such activity. * NB Effective June 30, 2026 10. Project. The term “project” shall mean, with respect to an educational facilities capital plan, (a) the performance, at a specified educational facility, of one or more program elements, as defined in paragraph a, b, c or d of subdivision two of § 2590-P (Educational facilities capital plan)section twenty-five hundred ninety-p of this article; or(b)
the performance of the program elements defined in paragraphs f and g of such subdivision or any system replacement identified in paragraph e of such subdivision.
Source:
Section 2590-A — Definitions, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/EDN/2590-A (updated May 31, 2024; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).
