Assembly Bill A884

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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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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2019-A884 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4383
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2851, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2466
2013-2014: A664, S5477
2015-2016: A847, S1906
2017-2018: A4428, S3257
2021-2022: A1559, S5975
2023-2024: A401, S7186

2019-A884 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A884 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    884
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred 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.]
   § 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.
                                                            LBD03237-01-9

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