Comments on: Parent Participation, Partnerships, Politics, and Power http://gothamschools.org/2009/10/29/parent-participation-partnerships-politics-and-power/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patricia Connelly http://gothamschools.org/2009/10/29/parent-participation-partnerships-politics-and-power/comment-page-1/#comment-222782 Patricia Connelly Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:16:11 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=26185#comment-222782 What the new law actually stipulates is that the Citywide Council on Special Education (CCSE) and the yet to be created/elected Citywide Council on English Language Learners (CCELL) are the bodies charged with appointing the IEP and ELL parent member respectively to the Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS). Here is the relevant language from Article 52A, Section 2590-b that lays out the composition of the CCHS -- see esp. 6(i) and 6(ii): 6. (a) There shall be a city-wide council on high schools created pursuant to this section. The city-wide council on high schools shall consist of thirteen voting members and one non-voting member, as follows: (i) ten voting members who shall be parents of students attending public high schools. Two members representing each borough shall be selected by presidents and officers of the parents' associations or parent-teachers' associations in the relevant borough, pursuant to a process established by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two year term; (ii) one voting member who shall be a parent of a high school student with an individualized education program. Such member shall be appointed by the city-wide council on special education, and shall serve a two year term; (iii) one voting member who shall be a parent of a student in a bilingual or English as a second language program conducted in a public high school. Such member shall be appointed by the city-wide council on English language learners, and shall serve a two year term; (iv) one voting member appointed by the public advocate of the city of New York, who shall be a resident of the city and shall have extensive business, trade, or education experience and knowledge who will make a significant contribution to improving education in the city district. Such member shall serve for a term of two years; and (v) one non-voting member who is a public high school senior, appointed by the chancellor pursuant to a process developed by the chancellor. Such member shall serve a one year term. Has the CCSE made its appointment to the CCHS? Does the CCSE even know that it has this right and obligation? What the new law actually stipulates is that the Citywide Council on Special Education (CCSE) and the yet to be created/elected Citywide Council on English Language Learners (CCELL) are the bodies charged with appointing the IEP and ELL parent member respectively to the Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS). Here is the relevant language from Article 52A, Section 2590-b that lays out the composition of the CCHS — see esp. 6(i) and 6(ii):

6. (a) There shall be a city-wide council on high schools created
pursuant to this section. The city-wide council on high schools shall
consist of thirteen voting members and one non-voting member, as
follows:
(i) ten voting members who shall be parents of students attending
public high schools. Two members representing each borough shall be
selected by presidents and officers of the parents’ associations or
parent-teachers’ associations in the relevant borough, pursuant to a
process established by the chancellor. Such members shall serve a two
year term;
(ii) one voting member who shall be a parent of a high school student
with an individualized education program. Such member shall be appointed
by the city-wide council on special education, and shall serve a two
year term;
(iii) one voting member who shall be a parent of a student in a
bilingual or English as a second language program conducted in a public
high school. Such member shall be appointed by the city-wide council on
English language learners, and shall serve a two year term;
(iv) one voting member appointed by the public advocate of the city of
New York, who shall be a resident of the city and shall have extensive
business, trade, or education experience and knowledge who will make a
significant contribution to improving education in the city district.
Such member shall serve for a term of two years; and
(v) one non-voting member who is a public high school senior,
appointed by the chancellor pursuant to a process developed by the
chancellor. Such member shall serve a one year term.

Has the CCSE made its appointment to the CCHS? Does the CCSE even know that it has this right and obligation?

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]]> By: Ellen http://gothamschools.org/2009/10/29/parent-participation-partnerships-politics-and-power/comment-page-1/#comment-221599 Ellen Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:06:38 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=26185#comment-221599 "For example, the Citywide Council on High Schools now must include representation from the Citywide Council on Special Education and the new Citywide Council on English Language Learners." I am confused. I was knew that there must be parents of students with special needs and english language learners on the CECs, but was not aware of any formal representation from the CCSE or CCELL to the CCHS (sorry for all of the initials but it is quicker than typing). From what I understood the relationships between and among those three units were informal, not cross council. “For example, the Citywide Council on High Schools now must include representation from the Citywide Council on Special Education and the new Citywide Council on English Language Learners.”
I am confused. I was knew that there must be parents of students with special needs and english language learners on the CECs, but was not aware of any formal representation from the CCSE or CCELL to the CCHS (sorry for all of the initials but it is quicker than typing). From what I understood the relationships between and among those three units were informal, not cross council.

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