| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to education |
| Sep 10, 2009 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
| Sep 03, 2009 |
print number 5049a |
| Sep 03, 2009 |
amend and recommit to education |
| Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5049
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-S5049 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2853, Ed L
2009-S5049 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5049
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to
charter schools operating at multiple sites
PURPOSE : To allow students from charter schools serving middle
school students to attend high school charter schools overseen by the
same charter school board. This would be accomplished by allowing
charters schools operated by the same board to merge and offer the
same grade at multiple locations. Each school would still count toward
the cap of 200 schools.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill amends section 2853(1)
of the Education Law to authorize a charter school to house a single
grade at more than one site, with each additional site counted toward
the existing cap of 200 charter schools. This language maintains the
single site provision in existing law for charter schools with more
than one location so long as each grade is provided instruction
respectively at the same site. Section 1 also specifies that if a
charter school whose employees belong to a collective bargaining
organization merges with a charter school whose employees are not
members of a collective bargaining organization, the employees in both
schools are considered to be members of a collective bargaining unit
that represented like positions.
JUSTIFICATION : Authorizing a charter school to house a grade at
2009-S5049 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5049
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. SMITH -- 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 charter schools oper-
ating at multiple sites
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 1 of section 2853 of the
education law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
read as follows:
(b-1) An education corporation operating a charter school shall not be
authorized to operate more than one school [or] BUT MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO
house any grade at more than one site[, provided that:
(A) a]. A CHARTER SCHOOL HOUSING ANY GRADE AT MORE THAN ONE SITE SHALL
HAVE EACH SUCH ADDITIONAL SITE DEEMED AS A CHARTER ISSUED FOR THE
PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO
OF THIS ARTICLE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER,
APPROVAL OF REVISION TO A CHARTER OR CHARTERS TO AUTHORIZE AN EDUCATION
CORPORATION TO HOUSE ANY GRADE OR GRADES AT MORE THAN ONE SITE, INCLUD-
ING THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING EDUCATION CORPORATIONS OPER-
ATING CHARTER SCHOOLS TO A SINGLE EDUCATION CORPORATION, SHALL BE MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWEN-
TY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. IF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW THAT MERGES OR CONSOL-
IDATES WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL WHOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT MEMBERS OF A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYEES OF THE MERGED OR CONSOL-
IDATED CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTED LIKE POSITIONS, IF ANY, PRIOR TO THE MERG-
ER OR CONSOLIDATION. A charter school may operate in more than one
building at a single site; and [(B)] a charter school which provides
instruction to its students at different locations for a portion of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10260-02-9
2009-S5049A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2853, Ed L
2009-S5049A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5049A
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law, in relation to charter schools
operating at multiple sites
PURPOSE :
To allow students from charter schools serving middle school students
to attend high school charter schools overseen by the same charter
school board. This would be accomplished by allowing charters schools
operated by the same board to merge and offer the same grade at
multiple locations. Each school would still count toward the cap of
200 schools.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill amends section 2853(1) of the Education Law to
authorize a charter school to house a single grade at more than one
site, with each additional site counted toward the existing cap of 200
charter schools. This language maintains the single site provision in
existing law for charter schools with more than one location so long
as each grade is provided instruction respectively at the same site.
Section 1 also specifies that if a charter school whose employees
belong to a collective bargaining organization merges with a charter
school whose employees are not members of a collective bargaining
organization, the employees in both schools are considered to be
2009-S5049A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5049--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. SMITH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter schools oper-
ating at multiple sites
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 1 of section 2853 of the
education law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
read as follows:
(b-1) An education corporation operating a charter school shall not be
authorized to operate more than one school [or] BUT MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO
house any grade at more than one site[, provided that:
(A) a]. A CHARTER SCHOOL HOUSING ANY GRADE AT MORE THAN ONE SITE SHALL
HAVE EACH SUCH ADDITIONAL SITE DEEMED AS A CHARTER ISSUED FOR THE
PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO
OF THIS ARTICLE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER,
APPROVAL OF REVISION TO A CHARTER OR CHARTERS TO AUTHORIZE AN EDUCATION
CORPORATION TO HOUSE ANY GRADE OR GRADES AT MORE THAN ONE SITE, INCLUD-
ING THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING EDUCATION CORPORATIONS OPER-
ATING CHARTER SCHOOLS TO A SINGLE EDUCATION CORPORATION, SHALL BE MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWEN-
TY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. IF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW THAT MERGES OR CONSOL-
IDATES WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL WHOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT MEMBERS OF A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYEES OF THE MERGED OR CONSOL-
IDATED CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTED LIKE POSITIONS, IF ANY, PRIOR TO THE MERG-
ER OR CONSOLIDATION. A charter school may operate in more than one
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10260-03-9
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