§ 2590-a. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall mean:\n 1. City district. The term "city district" shall mean the city school\ndistrict of the city of New York.\n 2. Community district. The term "community district" shall mean a\ncommunity school district created or to be created within the city\ndistrict under the provisions of this article.\n 3. City board. The term "city board" shall mean the board of education\nof the city district.\n * 4. Community district education council. The term "community\ncouncil" shall mean the community district education council of a\ncommunity district established pursuant to section twenty-five hundred\nninety-c of this article.\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2028\n * 4. Community board. The term "community board" shall mean the board\nof education of a community district.\n * NB Effective June 30, 2028\n 5. Chancellor. The term "chancellor" shall mean the chancellor of the\ncity district.\n 6. Community superintendent. The term "community superintendent" shall\nmean the superintendent of schools of a community district.\n 7. Parent. The term "parent" shall mean a person in parental relation\nto a child, as that phrase is defined in subdivision ten of section two\nof this chapter.\n * 8. Registered voter. The term "registered voter" shall mean an\nelector of the city of New York under the election law.\n * NB Effective June 30, 2028\n * 9. Educational facilities. The term "educational facilities" shall\nmean land and the improvements thereon for use in connection with any\neducational activity to be undertaken or provided by the city board or\nany community council or any facility attendant thereto or any facility\nnecessary, useful or desirable in connection with such activity.\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2028\n * 9. Educational facilities. The term "educational facilities" shall\nmean land and the improvements thereon for use in connection with any\neducational activity to be undertaken or provided by the city board or\nany community school board or any facility attendant thereto or any\nfacility necessary, useful or desirable in connection with such\nactivity.\n * NB Effective June 30, 2028\n 10. Project. The term "project" shall mean, with respect to an\neducational facilities capital plan, (a) the performance, at a specified\neducational facility, of one or more program elements, as defined in\nparagraph a, b, c or d of subdivision two of section twenty-five hundred\nninety-p of this article; or (b) the performance of the program elements\ndefined in paragraphs f and g of such subdivision or any system\nreplacement identified in paragraph e of such subdivision.\n
N.Y. Educ. Law § 2590-a
Definitions
2026-06-05
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