Senate Bill S7990

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment, organization, and administration of charter schools

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A11310 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S7990 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11310
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ed L, generally

2009-S7990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment, organization, and administration of charter schools.

2009-S7990 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7990

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 28, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter schools

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2851  of  the  education  law,  as
added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  An  application  to establish a charter school may be submitted by
teachers, parents, school administrators,  community  residents  or  any
combination  thereof.  Such application may be filed in conjunction with
a college, university, museum, educational  institution,  not-for-profit
corporation  exempt from taxation under paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of
section 501 of the internal  revenue  code  or  for-profit  business  or
corporate  entity  authorized to do business in New York state. PROVIDED
HOWEVER, FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS OR CORPORATE ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE
TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO  ESTABLISH  A  CHARTER  SCHOOL  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION  NINE-A  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS
ARTICLE, OR OPERATE OR MANAGE A CHARTER  SCHOOL  FOR  A  CHARTER  ISSUED
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO
OF  THIS  ARTICLE. For charter schools established in conjunction with a
for-profit business or corporate entity, the charter shall  specify  the
extent  of the entity's participation in the management and operation of
the school.
  S 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 2851 of  the  education
law,  as  added  by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
follows:
  (c) The proposed governance structure of the school, including a  list
of members of the initial board of trustees, a description of the quali-
fications,  terms and method of appointment or election of trustees, the
organizational structure of the school, A PROCEDURE FOR  CONDUCTING  AND
PUBLICIZING  MONTHLY  BOARD  OF TRUSTEE MEETINGS AT EACH CHARTER SCHOOL,
and the processes to be followed by the school to promote  parental  and
staff involvement in school governance.

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

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