* § 2590-c. Composition of community district education councils. 1.\nEach community district shall be governed by a community district\neducation council. The community councils shall consist of twelve voting\nmembers and two non-voting members, as follows:\n (a) (1) For councils whose terms begin prior to two thousand twenty,\nnine voting members shall be parents whose children are attending a\nschool or a pre-kindergarten program offered by a school under the\njurisdiction of the community district, or have attended a school or a\npre-kindergarten program offered by a school under the jurisdiction of\nthe community district within the preceding two years, and shall be\nselected by the presidents and officers of the parents' association or\nparent-teachers' association. Such members shall serve for a term of two\nyears. Presidents and officers of parents' associations or\nparent-teachers' associations who are candidates in the selection\nprocess pursuant to this section shall not be eligible to cast votes in\nsuch selection process. The association shall elect a member to vote in\nthe place of each such president or officer for the purposes of the\nselection process. Provided, however, that a parent of a\npre-kindergarten pupil shall vacate his or her membership on such\ncommunity district education council where the parent no longer has a\nchild that attends a school or pre-kindergarten program offered by a\nschool under the jurisdiction of the community district.\n (2) For councils whose terms begin in two thousand twenty-one and\nthereafter, nine voting members shall be parents whose children are\nattending a school or a pre-kindergarten program offered by a school\nunder the jurisdiction of the community district, or have attended a\nschool under the jurisdiction of the community district within the\npreceding two years, and shall be elected by parents of children\nattending such schools and pre-kindergarten programs in accordance with\na process developed by the chancellor pursuant to subdivision eight of\nthis section. Provided, however, that a parent of a pre-kindergarten\npupil shall vacate his or her membership on such community district\neducation council when the parent no longer has a child that attends a\nschool or pre-kindergarten program offered by a school under the\njurisdiction of the community district.\n (b) Two voting members shall be appointed by the borough presidents\ncorresponding to such district. Such appointees shall be residents of,\nor own or operate a business in, the district and shall be individuals\nwith extensive business, trade, or education experience and knowledge,\nwho will make a significant contribution to improving education in the\ndistrict. Such members shall serve for a term of two years.\n (c) One voting member shall be a parent whose child is attending a\ndistrict seventy-five school or program, or has attended a district\nseventy-five school or program within the preceding two years, and shall\nbe elected by parents of children attending such schools or programs in\naccordance with a process developed by the chancellor. Such member shall\nserve for a term of two years.\n (d) Two non-voting members who are high school seniors residing in the\ndistrict, shall be appointed by the superintendent from among the\nelected student leadership. Such members shall serve for a one year\nterm.\n Members shall not be paid a salary or stipend, but shall be reimbursed\nfor all actual and necessary expenses directly related to the duties and\nresponsibilities of the community council.\n 2. For the initial community council, such members must be selected on\nor before October thirty-first, two thousand three, with terms\ncommencing on December first, two thousand three. Thereafter, commencing\nin May of two thousand five, the selection or election of community\ncouncil members shall occur on the second Tuesday in May, with terms\ncommencing on the following July first.\n 3. Each such co
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