Assembly Bill A2171

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the limitation of costs of charter schools to five percent of the local board of education's state approved operating expense

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2171 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2852, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2113

2009-A2171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the limitation of costs of charter schools to five percent of the local board of education's state approved operating expense as calculated pursuant to law; applicable to cities with a population of one hundred thousand or less.

2009-A2171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2171

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

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.
                                                           LBD00749-01-9

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