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Application Instructions
Finding the DBN for your child’s school:
Each school has a unique DBN (District, Borough and School Number). To find the DBN, click on the link provided in the Student Verification Information box and type the school’s name into the search box. Once you have located the correct school, the borough and school number will be listed after the school’s name (key: M =Manhattan; X = Bronx; K = Brooklyn; Q = Queens; R = Staten Island); you will need to add the district number listed on the last line to complete the DBN.

Summary of eligibility requirements:
Chancellor's Regulations D-140, D-150, D-160, and D-170 document the eligibility requirements for Community and Citywide Education Council members. The complete regulations can be found online at: http://schools.nyc.gov/RulesPolicies/ChancellorsRegulations/default.htm . Eligibility is determined at the time of application.

Who is eligible to apply:
  • For Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS) - Parents of current high school students.
  • For Citywide Council on English Language Learners (CCELL)- Parents of students in a bilingual or ESL program (“ELL students”) currently or within the past two years.
  • For Citywide Council on Special Education (CCSE) - Parents of students with an IEP currently receiving special education services provided by and/or paid for by the Department of Education (DOE).
  • For Citywide Council for District 75 (CCD75) - Parents of students currently enrolled in a citywide (D75) program or school.
  • For Community Education Councils (CECs) - Parents of students in grades Kindergarten through 8 who currently attend a non-charter public school in the district where the applicants wishes to serve on the CEC. Once elected, CEC members are allowed to serve out the two-year term even regardless of where the child attends school.
Consistent with the Chancellor's Regulations, a parent is defined as a parent,legal guardian, or person in parental relation to a child. A person in parental relation to a child is a person who is directly responsible for the care and custody of a child on a regular basis in lieu of a parent or legal guardian.

Who is not eligible to serve:
  • Persons holding elective public office or elective or appointed party positions (except delegate or alternate delegate to a national, state, judicial or other party convention, or member of a county committee).
  • Current Department of Education (DOE) employees.
  • Persons who have been convicted of a felony, removed from a Citywide Council or Community Education Council (CEC) for an act of malfeasance directly related to service on such Citywide Council or CEC, or convicted of a crime directly related to service on such Citywide Council or CEC.
  • Members of the Panel for Educational Policy.
  • Persons who have been removed from a PA/PTA, School LeadershipTeam, District or Borough Presidents’ Council, or Title I Committee for an act of malfeasance or convicted of a crime, directly related to service on such association, team, council or Committee.
  • Persons who are determined to have a conflict of interest by the DOE Ethics Officer or another designee of the Chancellor.

All fields marked with a red "*" are mandatory.
*Indicate the Community and/or Citywide Education Councils to which you are applying:



Council Preference:
*If you are applying to more than one Council, you must rank the Councils to which you are applying, in order of your preference. (Place the number "1" next to your top preference, the number "2" next to your second preference, and so on). If you are elected to more than one Council, you will be assigned to serve on the Council that you ranked the highest from among the Councils to which you were elected.
Contact Information
* First Name
*Last Name
* Street Address
Apt. No.
*City / Borough
*State
*Zip
* Preferred Phone Number
Secondary Phone Number
* E-mail
Demographic Information (Optional)
RACE/ETHNICITY
PREFERRED LANGUAGE
Student Verification Information
Candidates are required to list each school where they currently have a child in attendance. Failure to list all schools that qualify you for the council(s) for which you are applying will be grounds for disqualification, subject to the Chancellor’s discretion.
*Student First Name*Student Last Name*Relationship to Student* Student Grade*School Name * School DBN
(District, Borough, School Number) (Example: the DBN for PS 50 in Manhattan is 04M050. District: 4, Borough: M (Manhattan), School Number: 050)
Click here to find your School DBN
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Eligibility Verification
Answer the questions below. Additional questions may be asked to confirm your eligibility.
Review the eligibility requirements provided in the Application Instructions at the top of the page.
* 1. Are you currently employed by the Department of Education? If yes, please indicate your title and location of your job below.
Yes
No
* 2. Do you hold any elective public office or any elective or appointed party position other than delegate or alternate delegate to a national, state, judicial or other party convention, or member of a county committee? If yes, please describe below
Yes
No
* 3a. Have you ever been convicted of a crime? If yes, please describe below.
Yes
No
* 3b. Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If yes, please describe below.
Yes
No
* 4. Have you ever been removed from a PA/PTA, School Leadership Team, District or Borough Presidents’ Council,Title I Committee, Community District Education Council, the Citywide Council on High Schools, the Citywide Council on English Language Learners, the Citywide Council on Special Education, or the Citywide Council for District 75? If yes, please describe below.
Yes
No
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