Senate Bill S4659

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain procedures for charter school students facing suspension

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Current 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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2023-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2854, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4353
2015-2016: S4270
2017-2018: S5802
2019-2020: S800
2021-2022: S5682

2023-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain procedures for charter school students facing suspension; makes such procedures consistent with other schools.

2023-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4659
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  certain
   procedures for charter school students facing suspension
 
   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  2854  of  the
 education  law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (d) A student may withdraw from a  charter  school  at  any  time  and
 enroll  in a public school. A charter school may refuse admission to any
 student who has been expelled or suspended from a  public  school  until
 the  period  of  suspension  or  expulsion  from  the  public school has
 expired, consistent with the requirements of due process.  A STUDENT MAY
 ONLY  BE  SUSPENDED  FROM  A  CHARTER  SCHOOL  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN
 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (I) THE TERMS "SUPERINTENDENT", "SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS", "DISTRICT
 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS" OR "COMMUNITY  SUPERINTENDENT",  AS  USED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAP-
 TER, AS THEY RELATE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL MEAN THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
   (II) THE TERMS "BOARD OF EDUCATION" OR "BOARD" AS USED IN  SUBDIVISION
 THREE  OF  SECTION  THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AS THEY
 RELATE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, SHALL MEAN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHAR-
 TER SCHOOL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08716-01-3

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