Assembly Bill A5789

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires certain procedures for charter school students facing suspension

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A5789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4353
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2854, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10135
2015-2016: A5706, S4270
2017-2018: A5869, S5802
2019-2020: S800
2021-2022: S5682
2023-2024: S4659

2013-A5789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A5789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5789

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2013
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision  2  of  section  2854  of  the
education  law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
read as follows:
  (d) A student may withdraw from a  charter  school  at  any  time  and
enroll  in a public school. A charter school may refuse admission to any
student who has been expelled or suspended from a  public  school  until
the  period  of  suspension  or  expulsion  from  the  public school has
expired, consistent with the requirements of due process.  A STUDENT MAY
ONLY  BE  SUSPENDED  FROM  A  CHARTER  SCHOOL  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN
OF THIS CHAPTER.
  (I) THE TERMS "SUPERINTENDENT", "SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS", "DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS" OR "COMMUNITY  SUPERINTENDENT",  AS  USED  IN
SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAP-
TER, AS THEY RELATE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL MEAN THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
  (II) THE TERMS "BOARD OF EDUCATION" OR "BOARD" AS USED IN  SUBDIVISION
THREE  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AS THEY
RELATE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, SHALL MEAN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHAR-
TER SCHOOL.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09622-01-3

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