* § 2590-h. Powers and duties of chancellor. The office of chancellor\nof the city district is hereby continued. Such chancellor shall serve at\nthe pleasure of and be employed by the mayor of the city of New York by\ncontract. The chancellor shall meet the requirements of subdivision one\nof section three thousand three of this chapter, provided that a person\nwho has been issued a certificate as superintendent of schools pursuant\nto subdivision three of such section may serve as chancellor on the\nbasis of such certificate for no longer than six months. The length of\nsuch contract shall not exceed by more than two years the term of office\nof the mayor authorizing such contract. The chancellor shall receive a\nsalary to be fixed by the mayor within the budgetary allocation\ntherefor. He or she shall exercise all his or her powers and duties in a\nmanner not inconsistent with the city-wide educational policies of the\ncity board. The chancellor shall have the following powers and duties as\nthe superintendent of schools and chief executive officer for the city\ndistrict, which the chancellor shall exercise to promote an equal\neducational opportunity for all students in the schools of the city\ndistrict, promote fiscal and educational equity, increase student\nachievement and school performance and encourage local school-based\ninnovation, including the power and duty to:\n 1. Control and operate:\n (a) academic and vocational senior high schools until such time as the\nsame may be transferred to the jurisdiction of appropriate community\ndistrict education councils pursuant to this article;\n (b) all specialized senior high schools. The special high schools\nshall include the present schools known as:\n The Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn\nTechnical High School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and\nthe Arts in the borough of Manhattan, and such further schools which the\ncity board may designate from time to time. The special schools shall be\npermitted to maintain a discovery program in accordance with the law in\neffect on the date preceding the effective date of this section;\nadmissions to the special schools shall be conducted in accordance with\nthe law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this\nsection;\n (c) all special education programs and services conducted pursuant to\nthis chapter;\n (d) subject to the provisions of section twenty-five hundred ninety-i\nof this article, devolving powers to the schools, city-wide programs for\ncity-wide services to a substantial number of persons from more than one\ncommunity district, including transportation; food services; payroll and\npersonnel functions, including pension and retirement services; and\nenforcement of laws and regulations promoting equal opportunity in\nemployment, access to public accommodations and facilities, equal\nopportunity in education, and preventing and addressing unlawful\ndiscrimination; provided, however, that a community district may also\noperate within its district programs which provide similar services\notherwise authorized by this article.\n 2. Establish, control and operate new schools or programs of the types\nspecified in subdivision one of this section, or to discontinue any such\nschools and programs as he or she may determine; provided, however, that\nthe chancellor shall consult with the affected community district\neducation council before:\n (a) substantially expanding or reducing such an existing school or\nprogram within a community district;\n (b) initially utilizing a community district school or facility for\nsuch a school or program;\n (c) instituting any new program within a community district.\n 2-a. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, prepare\nan educational impact statement regarding any proposed school closing or\nsignificant change in school utilization, including the phase-out, grade\nreconfiguration, re-siting, or co-location
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