Bill Text: NY S01849 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the relocation of a charter school.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S01849 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01849-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1849
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to relocation of a  char-
          ter school
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2857  of  the  education  law,  as
     2  amended  by  section 7 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    1. The board of regents shall distribute  information  announcing  the
     5  availability  of the charter school process described in this article to
     6  each local school district and public postsecondary educational institu-
     7  tion. At each significant stage of the chartering process,  the  charter
     8  entity  and  the board of regents shall provide appropriate notification
     9  to the school district in which the charter school  is  located  and  to
    10  public and nonpublic schools in the same geographic area as the proposed
    11  charter  school.  Such  notification  shall  be provided by each charter
    12  entity within thirty days of its receipt of an application for formation
    13  of a new charter school or for renewal of an  existing  charter  school,
    14  and  at  least  forty-five days prior to initial approval of the charter
    15  application by the charter entity. Prior to the issuance,  revision,  or
    16  renewal of a charter, the school district in which the charter school is
    17  located  shall hold a public hearing to solicit comments from the commu-
    18  nity in connection with the foregoing. Such hearing shall be held within
    19  the community potentially impacted by the proposed charter school.  When
    20  a  revision  involves  the relocation of a charter school to a different
    21  school district, or, in a city with a population of one million or more,
    22  to a different community education council district,  the  proposed  new
    23  school  district or community education council district shall also hold
    24  such hearing.   In addition, such school districts  shall  be  given  an
    25  opportunity to comment on the proposed charter to the charter entity and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07523-01-9
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     1  such  charter  entity  shall consider any comments raised and submit any
     2  such comments to the board of regents with the application for issuance,
     3  revision, or renewal of a charter.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.