NY State Assembly Bill 2009-A7540

Assembly Bill A7540

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that parent or guardian shall give notice to school district wherein child resides of intent to send child to charter school

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Jun 09, 2010	held for consideration in education
Jan 06, 2010	referred to education
Apr 14, 2009	referred to education

2009-A7540 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3820
Current Committee:: Assembly Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2854, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: A719

2009-A7540 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that parent or guardian shall give notice to school district wherein child resides of intent to send child to charter school.

2009-A7540 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A7540

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to notice to school
districts regarding intent to attend a charter school

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide notification to a school district when a parent or guardian
intends to send a child to a charter school

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend subdivision 2 of §2854 of the education law to
provide that a parent or guardian shall, by the first of April preceding
the next school year, give notice to the school district in which the
child resides of the intent for that child to attend a charter school.

JUSTIFICATION:
It is imperative that public school districts be notified of a child's
intention to leave the public school and attend a charter school in a
timely manner so that the school district budget can be adjusted to
reflect the departure.

For example, in 2001 a city school district in New York State gave
approximately $8,000, to the local charter school for each child who
chose to attend the charter school. School district staff created the
2001 budget assuming that the charter school would have some student

vacancies. Instead the charter school was filled to capacity on opening
day. Consequently, the city school district had a revenue shortfall of
nearly $1.2 million. This budget error could have been avoided had the
parents or guardians notified the school district of their students'
intended charter school enrollment.

In April 2001, there were 23 charter schools operating in New York
State, with approximately 6,000 students enrolled. By January 2002, that
number nearly doubled to 41 charter schools. The average expenditure per
student in New York State is $9,192 so when this figure is multiplied by
the ever increasing number of students enrolling in charter schools, the
financial impact on the public school system is enormous.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Similar to the following previous bills
A.2423A and S.1549A of 2007/2008
A.4475 and S.786 of 2005/2006
A.64389 and S.4580 of 2003/2004
A.10609 and S.6188 of 2001/2002

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2009-A7540 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7540

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  notice  to  school
  districts regarding intent to attend a charter school

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  2854  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
  (E)  A  PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD RESIDING IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
OR ANY REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN, WHO DESIRES
FOR A CHILD TO ATTEND A CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL  SUBMIT  A  WRITTEN  NOTICE
THEREOF  TO  THE  SCHOOL TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SUCH DISTRICT
NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL PRECEDING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00926-02-9

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