The New York City Council - File #: Int 0949-2018

• File #: Int 0949-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Creating a school diversity monitor within the human rights commission.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Filed (End of Session)
• File created: 5/23/2018
• In control: Committee on Civil and Human Rights
• On agenda: 5/23/2018
• Final action: 12/31/2021
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a school diversity monitor within the human rights commission
• Sponsors: Brad S. Lander, Helen K. Rosenthal, Carlina Rivera , Francisco P. Moya, Deborah L. Rose, Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Ben Kallos
• Indexes: Oversight, Report Required, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/31/2021	A	City Council	Filed (End of Session)
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Education	Laid Over by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Education	Laid Over by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Laid Over by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Laid Over by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Hearing Held by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Hearing Held by Committee
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Proposed Int. No. 949-A

By Council Members Lander, Rosenthal, Rivera, Moya, Rose, Cornegy and Kallos

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a school diversity monitor within the human rights commission
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Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subdivision c of section 905 of the New York city charter, as added by a vote of the electors on November 6, 2001, is amended to read as follows:
c. Studies. 1. To study the problems of prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, discrimination and disorder occasioned thereby in all or any fields of human relationship; and
(2) To study the prevalence and causes of racial segregation in schools of the city school district of the city of New York, including charter schools, and develop recommendations for remedying such segregation.
? 2. Title 8 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 8 to read as follows:
Chapter 8: School Diversity Monitor
? 8-801 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
Chancellor. The term "chancellor" means the chancellor of the city school district of the city of New York.
Commission. The term "commission" means the city commission on human rights.
Department. The term "department" means the New York city department of education.
School. The term "school" means a school of the city school district of the city of New York, or a charter school under the jurisdiction of the department.
? 8-802 School diversity monitor. a. There shall be a school diversity monitor which shall be appointed by the commission.
b. Whenever in the judgment of the mayor or the chairperson of the commission the public interests shall so require, the school diversity monitor may be removed from office by either.
c. Whenever a vacancy shall occur, a scho...