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Assembly Bill A4688

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the approval of a charter school application when such school would operate within the Buffalo city school district

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2021-A4688 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5316
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A2851, S5725
2025-2026: A4752

2021-A4688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the approval of a charter school application when such school would operate within the Buffalo city school district.

2021-A4688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4688
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT prohibiting the approval of a  charter  school  application  when
   such school would operate within the Buffalo city school district; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
 the contrary, commencing on July 1, 2021, no application to establish  a
 charter  school  submitted pursuant to section 2851 of the education law
 shall be approved by any charter entity if such proposed charter  school
 would  operate  within  the Buffalo city school district. Furthermore, a
 charter that has been surrendered,  revoked  or  terminated  within  the
 Buffalo city school district on or after July 1, 2021, including a char-
 ter that has not been renewed by action of its charter entity, shall not
 be reissued within the Buffalo city school district.
   ยง  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2024.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06733-01-1

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