* § 2590-e. Powers and duties of community district education council.\nEach community council shall have the following powers and duties to\nestablish educational policies and objectives, not inconsistent with the\nprovisions of this article and the policies established by the city\nboard, with respect to all pre-kindergarten, nursery, kindergarten,\nelementary, intermediate and junior high schools and programs in\nconnection therewith in the community district. The community councils\nshall have no executive or administrative powers or functions, but shall\nhave the following powers and duties:\n 3. promote achievement of educational standards and objectives\nrelating to the instruction of students.\n 4. cooperate as required by the chancellor in the removal from office\npursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-l of this article of any\ncommunity council member for willful, intentional or knowing involvement\nin the hiring, appointment or assignment of employees other than as\nspecifically authorized in this article.\n 5. a. require community council members, the community superintendent,\nand any other officer or employee in schools and programs under the\njurisdiction of the community councils, to make annual written\ndisclosure, in accordance with regulations and bylaws of the city board\ndeveloped in consultation with the community councils, to the community\ncouncil and the city board, of the following information:\n (1) the employment by the city school board or any community council\nof any person related within the third degree of consanguinity or\naffinity to the person making disclosure, including the employment of\nany such person for which a two-thirds vote was required under paragraph\ne of subdivision four of section twenty-five hundred ninety-j of this\nchapter with a notation of the date such vote was taken.\n (2) the source of any income, reimbursement, gift or other form of\ncompensation for services rendered together with a description of such\nservices.\n (3) the source of any financial contribution made within the year\npreceding the election or the term of office of a community district\neducation council member to assist in the election or reelection of such\nmember of the community council, and the amount of such contribution,\nconsistent with any applicable regulations of the city board and the\nboard of elections.\n b. willful or repeated failure to make full and timely disclosure\nshall constitute cause for removal from office of any member of a\ncommunity council or for any other officer or employee disciplinary\naction and such other penalty as provided by law.\n c. all written disclosures required hereunder shall be filed with the\ncommunity council and the city board and shall be available for public\ninspection during regular business hours on regular business days.\n 6. require community council members, candidates for community\ndistrict education councils, the community superintendent and, for good\ncause shown, any other officer or employee in schools and programs under\nthe jurisdiction of the community councils to submit to the city board\nand the community councils, in accordance with regulations and bylaws of\nthe city board developed in consultation with the community councils,\nfinancial reports for themselves and their spouses.\n a. the frequency and period of coverage, the designation of persons to\nsubmit such reports by name, title or income level or by a combination\nthereof, and the content of such reports, including minimum dollar\namounts, shall be determined by the city board.\n b. willful or repeated failure to file required financial reports or\nmake other required disclosures shall constitute cause for removal from\noffice of any member of a community council or for any other officer or\nemployee disciplinary action and such other penalty as provided by law.\nNo person may assume office as a community council member without\npreviously complying with this
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