Section 2590-F - [Effective 6/30/2026] Community superintendents1. Subject in every case to powers devolved to principals and schools consistent with this article, the superintendent shall have the following powers and duties: (a) to assist district schools in obtaining waivers from state, federal and city board regulations where appropriate to promote student achievement and school performance.(b) to delegate any of her or his powers and duties to such subordinate officers or employees of her or his community district as she or he deems appropriate and to modify or rescind any power and duty so delegated.(c) except for the appointment of supervisors pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision, to appoint, define the duties of, assign, promote and discharge all employees, including teacher-aides, of the community district, and fix their compensation and terms of employment within amounts appropriated therefor and not inconsistent with the provisions of this article and any collective bargaining agreement.(d) to appoint supervisory personnel from candidates screened by a committee including parents, teachers, and school support personnel, who shall be selected and shall operate in a manner prescribed by chancellor's regulations.(e) to appoint or reject the principal candidates screened by screening committees, in accordance with procedures and criteria prescribed by chancellor's regulations, and subject to the chancellor's power to reject such appointments pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article.(f) to evaluate, at least annually, the performance of principals for every school in the district with respect to educational effectiveness and school performance, including effectiveness of promoting student achievement and parental involvement, and maintaining school discipline.(g) the authority to transfer or remove principals for persistent educational failure, conflicts of interest, and ethics violations, and to require principals to participate in training and other remedial programs to address identified factors affecting student achievement and school performance, consistent with sections twenty-five hundred ninety-h, twenty-five hundred ninety-i and twenty-five hundred ninety-l of this article.(h) to review, modify and approve school-based budgets proposed by the school, pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-r of this article.(i) to retain one or more district fiscal officers to monitor and report on schools' expenditures pursuant to the school-based budgets.(j) within the amounts appropriated therefor to administer district minor repair and purchasing funds, and make them available to schools consistent with sections twenty-five hundred ninety-i, twenty-five hundred ninety-r, and subdivisions thirty-six and thirty-seven of section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article, for services and supplies provided by the chancellor, the superintendent, or purchased by the schools, and to provide for minor repairs to all school buildings and other buildings and sites under the district's jurisdiction.(k) subject to subdivision three of section twenty-five hundred ninety-e of this article and this section, to approve or disapprove matters relating to the instruction of students, including the power to disapprove school choices with respect to selection of textbooks and other instructional materials.(l) to operate administrative offices and similar facilities, including social centers, and recreational and extracurricular programs, under the district's jurisdiction, and the duty to support the operation of school facilities.(m) subject to regulations or resolutions of the city board, to operate cafeteria or restaurant services for pupils and teachers and for the use by the community for school related functions and activities and to furnish meals to the elderly, sixty years of age or older, of the district. Charges shall be sufficient to meet the direct cost of preparing and serving such meals, reducible by available reimbursements.(n) to maintain discipline in the educational and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the district, including the duty to assist the schools in maintaining discipline.(o) to employ or retain counsel subject to the powers and duties of the corporation counsel of the city of New York to be the district's attorney and counsel pursuant to subdivision a of section three hundred ninety-four of the New York city charter; provided, however, that in actions or proceedings between community districts or between a community district and the city board, each community district may be represented by its own counsel.(p) in compliance with rules and regulations of the commissioner, promulgated pursuant to section one hundred one-a of this chapter, to give written notice to the family court pursuant to subdivision three of section seven hundred fifty-eight-a and subdivision three of section 353.6 of the family court act of the desire of any school under the jurisdiction of the community district to act in the supervision of certain juveniles while performing services for the public good.(q) to take all necessary steps to ensure the integrity of community district operations, consistent with regulations promulgated by the chancellor and the city board.(r) where so authorized by the chancellor, to exercise the chancellor's powers under subdivision thirty-one of section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article.(s)[Multiple versions] to provide written notice and other related information described in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section twenty-five hundred ninety-c of this article to every parent of a child, including a child with a disability, attending a school under the jurisdiction of his or her community board as directed by the chancellor.(s)[Multiple versions] notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, to exercise all of the duties and responsibilities of the employing board as set forth in section three thousand twenty-a of this chapter pursuant to a delegation of the chancellor under section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article.2. In exercising such powers and duties each community superintendent shall comply with all applicable provisions of law, by-laws, rules or regulations, directives or agreements of the city board, the chancellor and his or her community board and with the educational policies established by the city board and his or her community board, including performance standards addressed to administration and educational effectiveness, and any requirements for continuing training and education, embodied in standards, circulars or regulations promulgated by the chancellor.3. No person who has served as a member of a community board may be employed by that board or the superintendent of that district within a period of three years after the termination of such service unless such person qualifies for the position pursuant to a competitive examination and applicable provisions of the civil service law.Amended by New York Laws 2024, ch. 56,Sec. ZZ-7, eff. 4/20/2024.Amended by New York Laws 2024, ch. 56,Sec. ZZ-6, eff. 4/20/2024.Amended by New York Laws 2022, ch. 364, Secs. 9, 10 eff. 6/30/2022.Amended by New York Laws 2017, ch. 61, Sec. G-1, eff. 6/29/2017.Amended by New York Laws 2016, ch. 73, Sec. O-1, eff. 6/23/2016.Amended by New York Laws 2015, ch. 20, Sec. B-D-1 and Sec. B-D-2, eff. 6/26/2015.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.