Bill Text: NY A05789 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain procedures for charter school students facing suspension, making such procedures consistent with other schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A05789 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05789-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5789
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
         procedures for charter school students facing suspension
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision  2  of  section  2854  of  the
    2  education  law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (d) A student may withdraw from a  charter  school  at  any  time  and
    5  enroll  in a public school. A charter school may refuse admission to any
    6  student who has been expelled or suspended from a  public  school  until
    7  the  period  of  suspension  or  expulsion  from  the  public school has
    8  expired, consistent with the requirements of due process.  A STUDENT MAY
    9  ONLY  BE  SUSPENDED  FROM  A  CHARTER  SCHOOL  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
   10  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN
   11  OF THIS CHAPTER.
   12    (I) THE TERMS "SUPERINTENDENT", "SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS", "DISTRICT
   13  SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS" OR "COMMUNITY  SUPERINTENDENT",  AS  USED  IN
   14  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAP-
   15  TER, AS THEY RELATE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL MEAN THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
   16  BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
   17    (II) THE TERMS "BOARD OF EDUCATION" OR "BOARD" AS USED IN  SUBDIVISION
   18  THREE  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AS THEY
   19  RELATE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, SHALL MEAN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHAR-
   20  TER SCHOOL.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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