Senate Bill S5532

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the relocation of a charter school

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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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2015-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2857, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S573
2019-2020: S1849
2021-2022: S799
2023-2024: S3183

2015-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the relocation of a charter school.

2015-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5532 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5532

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2857  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section 7 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. The board of regents shall distribute  information  announcing  the
availability  of the charter school process described in this article to
each local school district and public postsecondary educational institu-
tion. At each significant stage of the chartering process,  the  charter
entity  and  the board of regents shall provide appropriate notification
to the school district in which the charter school  is  located  and  to
public and nonpublic schools in the same geographic area as the proposed
charter  school.  Such  notification  shall  be provided by each charter
entity within thirty days of its receipt of an application for formation
of a new charter school or for renewal of an  existing  charter  school,
and  at  least  forty-five days prior to initial approval of the charter
application by the charter entity. Prior to the issuance,  revision,  or
renewal of a charter, the school district in which the charter school is
located  shall hold a public hearing to solicit comments from the commu-
nity in connection with the foregoing. Such hearing shall be held within
the community potentially impacted by the proposed charter school.  When
a  revision  involves  the relocation of a charter school to a different
school district, OR, IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
TO A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNCIL DISTRICT,  the  proposed  new
school  district OR COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNCIL DISTRICT shall also hold
such hearing.   In addition, such school districts  shall  be  given  an
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.
                                                           LBD11040-01-5

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