nassau otb closes on roman catholic easter sunday in oreference to greek orthodox easter sunday. hint see ny const art 1 sec 3. ny pml sec 109 is unconstitutional and or does not apply to nassau otb
the easter history cuuriculum needs to be revised?
from secret ballot to voice vote on leadership posts
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The state Board of Regents, which traditionally has chosen its leaders by secret ballot, now is recording members’ individual votes after discovering its procedures violated the Freedom of Information Law.
State education officials, who report to the board, said Friday that the violation was only technical and did not invalidate votes on March 21 to elect a chancellor and vice chancellor that prompted a FOIL request from an unnamed media organization.
“We conformed to what we should be doing, but it’s really much ado about nothing,” said Regent Roger Tilles of Great Neck, who represents Long Island on the 17-member panel.
The rules change, adopted last month, requires that selection of board chancellors and vice chancellors be by voice vote — rather than on paper ballots — and that individuals’ votes be recorded in the official minutes of the meeting.
The change was first reported by Politico, an online news service.
The Regents, founded in 1784, set much of the state’s policy for schools, colleges and other educational institutions. Members have long made public their votes on policy issues, though not on leader selections.
In March, the board elected Betty Rosa of the Bronx and Andrew Brown of Rochester to three-year terms as chancellor and vice chancellor, respectively. Members of the panel cast their votes on slips of paper.
Rosa’s selection marked a policy shift, because the former New York City school administrator had clashed over policies with her predecessor, former chancellor Merryl Tisch of Manhattan.
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A major point of dispute was the state’s rapid introduction of difficult Common Core tests, which Tisch encouraged and Rosa opposed.
Voting results initially were reported as 15 “yes” ballots and two abstentions for Rosa, and 17 “yes” ballots for Brown. A later tabulation found that the two abstentions — recorded as votes “not secured” — were cast by Tisch and Anthony Bottar of Syracuse, the vice chancellor at the time.
Tisch and Bottar both left the board at the end of their terms in March.
The state Board of Regents, which traditionally has chosen its leaders by secret ballot, now is recording members’ individual votes after discovering its procedures violated the Freedom of Information Law.
State education officials, who report to the board, said Friday that the violation was only technical and did not invalidate votes on March 21 to elect a chancellor and vice chancellor that prompted a FOIL request from an unnamed media organization.
“We conformed to what we should be doing, but it’s really much ado about nothing,” said Regent Roger Tilles of Great Neck, who represents Long Island on the 17-member panel.
The rules change, adopted last month, requires that selection of board chancellors and vice chancellors be by voice vote — rather than on paper ballots — and that individuals’ votes be recorded in the official minutes of the meeting.
The change was first reported by Politico, an online news service.
The Regents, founded in 1784, set much of the state’s policy for schools, colleges and other educational institutions. Members have long made public their votes on policy issues, though not on leader selections.
In March, the board elected Betty Rosa of the Bronx and Andrew Brown of Rochester to three-year terms as chancellor and vice chancellor, respectively. Members of the panel cast their votes on slips of paper.
Rosa’s selection marked a policy shift, because the former New York City school administrator had clashed over policies with her predecessor, former chancellor Merryl Tisch of Manhattan.
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A major point of dispute was the state’s rapid introduction of difficult Common Core tests, which Tisch encouraged and Rosa opposed.
Voting results initially were reported as 15 “yes” ballots and two abstentions for Rosa, and 17 “yes” ballots for Brown. A later tabulation found that the two abstentions — recorded as votes “not secured” — were cast by Tisch and Anthony Bottar of Syracuse, the vice chancellor at the time.
Tisch and Bottar both left the board at the end of their terms in March.
@Newsday
The state’s Freedom of Information Law, adopted in 1974, requires recording of individual votes by all policymakers, ranging from village trustees to state legislators.
“It should be obvious, when members of a public body take action, that the public knows what each member does,” said Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government.
The state’s Freedom of Information Law, adopted in 1974, requires recording of individual votes by all policymakers, ranging from village trustees to state legislators.
“It should be obvious, when members of a public body take action, that the public knows what each member does,” said Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government.
Roger Tilles
Member
10th Judicial District
Lorber Hall, Room 211 Long Island University Post, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548
Biography
Roger B. Tilles was elected to a five-year term as the Regent for the Tenth Judicial District, commencing on April 1, 2005, re-elected to a second five-year term by concurrent resolution effective April 1, 2010, and re-elected to a third five-year term effective April 1, 2015.
Regent Tilles graduated in 1968 from Amherst College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from the University of Michigan College of Law in 1971. He became Director of Law and Legislation for the Michigan Department of Education, was elected to the Michigan State Board of Education, and in 1975, he became the Executive Secretary to the Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. During this time in Michigan he taught education and the law at University of Michigan, Michigan State, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan Universities’ Schools of Education. He was also the counsel to the Michigan Teacher Tenure Commission as well as a Special Education Hearing Officer. After being a candidate for U.S. Congress, he opened his own law practice in Washington, D.C. in 1978, until his return to Long Island in 1983 where he was the Director of the Tilles Investment Companies. He is a member of the New York, D.C. and Michigan Bar Associations.
He was Chair and a founding member of the Association for a Better Long Island, past acting Chair of the Long Island Regional Planning Board, served as Chair of the Long Island University Board of Trustees, served on the Boards of WNET/Channel 13 and WLIW/Channel 21 and has been Executive Vice Chairman of the Tilles Center For The Performing Arts, in addition to serving on the Board and Executive Board of the Long Island Association. He has also worked to form the Long Island Arts Alliance, attempting to bring together the cultural institutions of Long Island.
He is also involved with significant interfaith activities: two of the most prominent being Project Understanding, which he formed with Monsignor Tom Hartman in 1987, bringing Catholic and Jewish teenagers together annually on a mission to Israel; and as the producer of the first Vatican commemoration of the Holocaust under the auspices of Pope John Paul II in Rome in 1994.
He is a member and past President of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, is on the Board of The Jewish Outreach Institute and has been a member of the National Young Leadership Cabinet of the UJA.
Roger Tilles was born and educated in Great Neck in their public schools. He and his wife, Jerry, and their daughters, Eliana and Hanaleah, still reside in Great Neck where their children have graduated from the Great Neck public schools.
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