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Assembly Bill A2115

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for a limit on the number of charter schools an education corporation may operate

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2009-A2115 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2853, Ed L

2009-A2115 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a limit on the number of charter schools an education corporation may operate; such limit is two; provides for additional location if a member of the affected community sits on the board of trustees of the education corporation.

2009-A2115 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2115

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to education corporations
  operation of more than one charter school

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  2853  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (b-2) to read as follows:
  (B-2)  NOTWITHSTANDING  PARAGRAPH  (B-1)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, OR ANY
OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, A CHARTER  ENTITY  SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED,
UPON  A  SHOWING  OF  PRIOR  ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND COMMUNITY NEED, TO
ALLOW AN EDUCATION CORPORATION TO OPERATE A CHARTER SCHOOL AT MORE  THAN
ONE  SITE,  PROVIDED  THAT  UPON INITIAL APPROVAL OF AN EDUCATION CORPO-
RATION, THE CHARTER ENTITY  SHALL  BE  LIMITED  TO  APPROVING  ONLY  TWO
LOCATIONS.  IN NO EVENT SHALL AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION BE AUTHORIZED UNDER
THIS SUBDIVISION UNLESS AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE  COMMUNITY  IN  WHICH
SUCH  LOCATION  IS  TO  BE SITED IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
SUCH EDUCATION CORPORATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05356-01-9

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