* § 2590-f. Community superintendents. 1. Subject in every case to\npowers devolved to principals and schools consistent with this article,\nthe community superintendent shall have the following powers and duties\nas superintendent of schools for the community district, which shall be\nexercised in a manner to ensure the implementation of all provisions of\nlaw, rules and regulations relating to the management of the schools and\nthe delivery of instructional services:\n (a) to assist district schools in obtaining waivers from state,\nfederal and city board regulations where appropriate to promote student\nachievement and school performance.\n (b) to delegate any of her or his powers and duties to such\nsubordinate officers or employees of her or his community district as\nshe or he deems appropriate, at his or her sole discretion, and to\nmodify or rescind any power and duty so delegated.\n (c) except for the appointment of supervisors pursuant to paragraph\n(d) of this subdivision, to appoint, define the duties of, assign,\npromote and discharge all employees, including teacher-aides, of the\ncommunity district, and fix their compensation and terms of employment\nwithin amounts appropriated therefor and not inconsistent with the\nprovisions of this article and any collective bargaining agreement.\n (d) to appoint supervisory personnel from candidates screened by a\nscreening committee consistent with regulations of the chancellor\nestablishing a process that promotes parental and staff involvement in\nthe recruitment, screening, interviewing and recommendation of\ncandidates and consistent with qualifications established through\nchancellor's regulations.\n (e) to appoint or reject the principal and assistant principal\ncandidates screened by screening committees, consistent with regulations\nof the chancellor establishing a process that promotes parental and\nstaff involvement in the recruitment, screening, interviewing and\nrecommendation of candidates, and after consulting with members of the\nschool based management team. Candidates must meet the requirements of\nregulations of the chancellor establishing educational, managerial, and\nadministrative qualifications, including evaluation of each candidate's\nrecord of performance in comparable positions and shall be subject to\nthe chancellor's power to reject such appointments pursuant to section\ntwenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article.\n (f) to supervise and evaluate, at least annually, the performance of\nprincipals for every school in the district with respect to educational\neffectiveness and school performance, including effectiveness of\npromoting student achievement and parental involvement, developing an\neffective shared decision-making relationship with the school based\nmanagement team, and maintaining school discipline; the community\nsuperintendent shall have access to all school records that he or she\ndeems necessary and shall consider comments contained within an\nassessment made by the school based management team, pursuant to\nsubparagraph (vii) of paragraph (b-1) of subdivision fifteen of section\ntwenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article, when carrying out such\nevaluations.\n (g) the authority to transfer or remove principals for persistent\neducational failure, conflicts of interest, and ethics violations, and\nto require principals to participate in training and other remedial\nprograms to address identified factors affecting student achievement and\nschool performance, consistent with sections twenty-five hundred\nninety-h, twenty-five hundred ninety-i and twenty-five hundred ninety-l\nof this article.\n (h) to review, modify and approve school-based budgets proposed by the\nschool, pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-r of this\narticle, provided however, that the community superintendent shall only\napprove a school-based budget proposal after certifying that it is\nsufficiently aligned with its corresponding school's c
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