---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to governance of community school districts in the city of New York"
description: "Relates to governance of community school districts in the city of New York; includes representatives for education of students with disabilities; directs the commissioner of education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations to the legislature and the governor on school governance in the city of New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9459"
citation: "New York S 9459 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIU"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-30"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c17960e-702b-4287-acf8-7157f1c6ff99"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9459"
source_hash: "8c349b0f0697fb00ce84e6fc4042ec0a7384770d26023f00fc9c3c856c02e982"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 9459 (2021-2022) — Relates to governance of community school districts in the city of New York

Relates to governance of community school districts in the city of New York; includes representatives for education of students with disabilities; directs the commissioner of education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations to the legislature and the governor on school governance in the city of New York.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S9459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9459&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **17–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–12** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **38–25** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIU — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-05-30** REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1877
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10499
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.674
- **2022-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.364 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** APPROVAL MEMO.10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c17960e-702b-4287-acf8-7157f1c6ff99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).