S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, CANESTRARI, JOHN, DelMONTE, EDDINGTON --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to limiting the costs to
be paid by the local board of education budget to five percent per
annum of that budget
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2852 of the education law, as
amended by section 2 of part D2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is
amended to read as follows:
1. A charter entity that receives an application for approval of a
charter school shall act on each request received prior to July first of
a calendar year on or before January first of the succeeding calendar
year, and a proposed charter between the applicant and the charter enti-
ty resulting from such application shall be executed on or before Febru-
ary first of such succeeding year. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
construed to prevent a charter entity from receiving or acting upon an
application at any time. HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
OF THIS SECTION OR OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO CHARTERING ENTITY SHALL
APPROVE A CHARTER IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR
LESS WHEN ISSUANCE OF THAT CHARTER WOULD CAUSE THE COST OF ALL PAYMENTS
MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE
TO EXCEED FIVE PERCENT OF THAT CITY'S SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TOTAL STATE
APPROVED OPERATING EXPENSE AS CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN
OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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