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Senate Bill S1241
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2015-S1241 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1241 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1241 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to parental notification when charter schools are placed on probation or receive a remedial action plan PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires charter schools to provide notice to parents of their probationary status or received remedial action plan. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The Education law is a mended by adding a new section 2855-a. JUSTIFICATION: The legislation will require a charter school on probation to disclose that they are under probation and are currently following a remedial action plan to remain open. The legislation was sparked by recent incidents involving Citizens of the World Charter School. The school continued to recruit parents after they had been placed on probation without providing any notification. Clearly, non-notification is a purposeful omission of important information by the school. When charter schools attempt to recruit
2015-S1241 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1241 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- 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 parental notification when charter schools are placed on probation or receive a remedial action plan THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2855-a to read as follows: S 2855-A. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION. 1. PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OR WHOM THE SCHOOLS ARE ATTEMPTING TO RECRUIT SHALL BE NOTIFIED WHEN SUCH SCHOOLS MAY BE PLACED ON PROBATION OR RECEIVE A REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN FROM THE CHARTER ENTITY OR REGENTS. 2. THE TERM "CHARTER SCHOOL" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER. 3. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE GRANTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL NOTICE OF SUCH A SCHOOL'S STATUS. 4. AS SCHOOLS PROVIDE NOTICE, THEY SHALL DISCLOSE THEIR PROBATIONARY STATUS AND REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN TO REMAIN OPEN. 5. SUCH PROVIDED NOTICE SHALL BE WRITTEN AND SENT VIA POSTAL MAIL TO THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS. IN THE EVENT OF DUAL CUSTODY SITUATIONS, THE SCHOOLS SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO BOTH PARENTS IF THEIR ADDRESSES ARE ON FILE WITH THE SCHOOL. 6. SCHOOLS SHALL ALSO DISCLOSE THEIR PROBATIONARY STATUS IN A DATABASE THAT SHALL BE UPDATED EVERY TWO WEEKS. IN THIS DATABASE, CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL DISCLOSE ANY PROBATIONARY STATUS AND REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02218-01-5
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