The mayor spoke at first against the idea of serving beyond his term.
International rules forbid Olympic leaders from serving beyond the age of 70 or for longer than eight years.
Party leaders said the president had grudgingly accepted but said he would not serve beyond the election cycle next year.
It paid teachers extra to serve beyond their normal classroom hours in tutoring and study "resource centers".
The board has asked that I continue to serve beyond that time, and I have agreed to do so".
The Islamist Hamas faction rejected the plan for national elections, saying Mr. Abbas had no legitimacy to call for them since he was serving beyond his term.
"He's never confided in me, but I've never gotten the sense that he wanted to serve beyond this term".
For Mr. Greenspan to serve beyond early 2006 would require a change in the law or another arrangement allowing him to remain chairman in an expired board seat.
City Hall and the New York City Board of Education should welcome the news that Harold O. Levy, the interim schools chancellor, is willing to serve beyond his initial contract, which expires on June 30.
"The board is extremely satisfied with the direction and leadership of the university," the resolution said, then revealed that Mr. Sexton "has made clear that he will not serve beyond" the end of this, his second term.
