NY State Senate Bill 2009-S6266

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to education
Nov 04, 2009	referred to rules

2009-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2853, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S3961
2013-2014: S2874

2009-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the housing of grades at charter schools.

2009-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6266

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the housing of
grades at charter schools


 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 more than one site,
subject to the approval of a charter authorizer, will enable
replication of successful charter schools and expand opportunities for
parents to send their children to proven educational models,
especially for high school grades. This is critical to encourage more
charter high school opportunities for students, which generally have
higher operating costs, particularly those students in similar
programs ending at the middle school level. It is important to note
that a charter school housing a single grade at more than one site, as
provided by this bill, would count each additional site toward the
exiting cap of 200 charters issued.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
On the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

2009-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6266

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            November 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SMITH  -- 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 the housing of  grades
  at charter schools

  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 TWO OR MORE GRADES 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  CHAP-
TER,  APPROVAL  OF  REVISIONS  TO  A CHARTER OR CHARTERS TO AUTHORIZE AN
EDUCATION CORPORATION TO HOUSE ANY GRADE OR  GRADES  AT  MORE  THAN  ONE
SITE, INCLUDING THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING EDUCATION CORPO-
RATIONS  OPERATING  CHARTER  SCHOOLS  TO A SINGLE EDUCATION CORPORATION,
SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. UPON SUCH MERGER
OR  CONSOLIDATION,  THE SURVIVING OR CONSOLIDATED EDUCATION CORPORATION,
PLUS ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL SITES, SHALL  EACH  BE  COUNTED  AS  A  CHARTER
ISSUED  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. IF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS EMPLOYEES WHO
ARE MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE
FOURTEEN  OF  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE LAW THAT MERGES OR CONSOLIDATES WITH A
CHARTER SCHOOL WHOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE  BARGAIN-
ING ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYEES OF THE MERGED OR CONSOLIDATED CHARTER SCHOOL
SHALL  BE MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION THAT REPRES-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10260-07-9

S. 6266                             2

ENTED LIKE POSITIONS, IF ANY, PRIOR TO THE MERGER  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 their school day shall be deemed to
be operating at a single site; AND A CHARTER SCHOOL  OPERATING  AT  MORE
THAN  ONE  SITE  BUT  WHICH  HOUSES EACH GRADE AT A SINGLE SITE SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE OPERATING AT A SINGLE SITE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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