Senate Bill S5477

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the location of a proposed charter school be included in the charter application

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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-S5477 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A664
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2851, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2466
2015-2016: S1906, A847
2017-2018: S3257, A4428
2019-2020: S4383, A884
2021-2022: S5975, A1559
2023-2024: S7186, A401

2013-S5477 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the location of a proposed charter school be included in the charter application.

2013-S5477 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5477 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5477

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 requiring the location
  of a proposed charter school to be included in the charter application

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (j)  of  subdivision  2 of section 2851 of the
education law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended  to
read as follows:
  (j)  Information  regarding  the  facilities to be used by the school,
including the location of the school, [if known,] and the means by which
pupils will be transported to and from the school. [If the facilities to
be used by the proposed school are not known at the time the application
is submitted, the applicant shall notify  the  charter  entity  and,  if
applicable,  the  board of regents within ten business days of acquiring
facilities for such school; provided, however, that the  charter  school
must  obtain a certificate of occupancy for such facilities prior to the
date on which instruction is to commence at the school.]
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law  and shall apply to any applications to establish a
charter school submitted to a charter entity on or after such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04429-01-3

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