Assembly Bill A5116

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to applications for charter schools

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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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2021-A5116 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S548
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2852, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8028, S5978
2023-2024: A6710, S2292

2021-A5116 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requirements for applications for charter schools.

2021-A5116 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5116
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requirements for
   applications for charter schools
 
   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 2852 of the
 education law, as added by section 2 of part D-2 of chapter  57  of  the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  in  a  school  district  where  the  total enrollment of resident
 students attending charter schools in the base year is greater than five
 percent of the total public school enrollment of the school district  in
 the  base  year  (i)  granting  the application would have a significant
 educational benefit to the students  expected  to  attend  the  proposed
 charter  school  [or] AND (ii) the school district OR IN A CITY HAVING A
 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR  MORE  INHABITANTS,  THE  COMMUNITY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  in  which  the charter school will be located consents to such
 application.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02615-01-1

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