* § 2590-g. Powers and duties of the city board. The city board shall\nadvise the chancellor on matters of policy affecting the welfare of the\ncity school district and its pupils. The board shall exercise no\nexecutive power and perform no executive or administrative functions.\nNothing herein contained shall be construed to require or authorize the\nday-to-day supervision or the administration of the operations of any\nschool within the city school district of the city of New York. The\nboard shall have the power and duty to:\n 1. (a) approve standards, policies, and objectives proposed by the\nchancellor directly related to educational achievement and student\nperformance;\n (b) consider and approve any other standards, policies, and objectives\nas specifically authorized or required by state or federal law or\nregulation;\n (c) approve all regulations proposed by the chancellor or the city\nboard and any amendments made thereto;\n (d) approve the educational facilities capital plan, and any\namendments requiring city board approval pursuant to section twenty-five\nhundred ninety-p of this article, following any applicable hearings\nconducted by the community district education councils;\n (e) approve annual estimates of the total sum of money which it deems\nnecessary for the operation of the city district and the capital budget\npursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-q of this article;\n (f) approve the allocation of projected revenues among community\ndistricts and their schools pursuant to subdivision a of section\ntwenty-five hundred ninety-r of this article and to approve the\naggregation of the community district budgets, with a proposed budget\nfor administrative and operational expenditures of the city board and\nthe chancellor, following a public hearing pursuant to subdivision f of\nsection twenty-five hundred ninety-r of this article;\n (g) approve a procurement policy for the city district, and any\namendments made thereto, developed pursuant to subdivision thirty-six of\nsection twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article; and\n (h) approve proposals for all school closures or significant changes\nin school utilization including the phase-out, grade reconfiguration,\nre-siting, or co-location of schools, following any hearing pursuant to\nsubdivision two-a of section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this\narticle. If the city board approves such a proposal that the relevant\ncommunity council affirmatively voted against pursuant to subdivision\ntwenty-one of section twenty-five hundred ninety-e of this article, the\nboard shall provide such council an explanation for its determination\nwithin thirty days of such determination.\n 2. for all purposes, be the government or public employer of all\npersons appointed or assigned by the city board or the community\ndistricts; provided, however, that the chancellor shall have the\nauthority to appoint staff pursuant to subdivision forty-one of section\ntwenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article;\n 2-a. adopt a policy proposed by the chancellor that promotes the\nrecruitment and retention of a workforce at the city district, community\ndistrict and school level that considers the diversity of the students\nattending the public schools within the city district. The city board\nshall review at a regular public meeting an annual report issued by the\nchancellor outlining the initiatives taken to enhance diversity and\nequity in recruitment and retention and the impacts of such initiatives\nto the workforce at the city district, community district and school\nlevel;\n 3. serve as the appeal board as provided in section twenty-five\nhundred ninety-l of this article, and subject to such powers, duties,\nand restrictions as were in effect before the effective date of this\nsection;\n 4. subject to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i\nof this article, maintain such jurisdiction over city-wide educational\npolicies governing the special,
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