Assembly Bill A7981

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires charter schools to enroll children with disabilities and English language learners in comparable numbers to those enrolled in public 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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2009-A7981 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7200
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2854, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6251
2013-2014: A4029

2009-A7981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires charter schools to enroll children with disabilities and English language learners in comparable numbers to those enrolled in public schools and provides that failure to comply may result in revocation of the charter.

2009-A7981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7981

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring charter
  schools to enroll children  with  disabilities  and  English  language
  learners in comparable numbers to those enrolled in public schools

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 2854 of the  educa-
tion  law, as amended by section 5 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) A charter school shall be nonsectarian in its programs,  admission
policies,  employment  practices, and all other operations and shall not
charge tuition or fees; provided that a charter school may  require  the
payment of fees on the same basis and to the same extent as other public
schools.  A  charter  school shall not discriminate against any student,
employee or any other person on the basis of ethnicity, national origin,
gender, or disability or any other ground that would be unlawful if done
by a school. Admission of students shall not be limited on the basis  of
intellectual  ability,  measures  of  achievement  or aptitude, athletic
ability, disability, race, creed, gender, national origin, religion,  or
ancestry;  provided,  however,  that  nothing  in  this article shall be
construed to prevent the establishment of a single-sex charter school or
a charter school designed to provide expanded learning opportunities for
students at-risk of academic failure; and provided, further, that  [the]
A  charter  school  [shall demonstrate good faith efforts to attract and
retain a comparable or greater enrollment of] MUST ENROLL THE SAME OR  A
GREATER  PERCENTAGE  OF  students  with disabilities and limited English
proficient students when compared to the  enrollment  figures  for  such
students  in the school district in which the charter school is located.
FAILURE TO COMPLY FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS SHALL BE DEEMED GROUNDS  FOR
REVOCATION  OF  THE CHARTER. A charter shall not be issued to any school

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10664-01-9

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