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Assembly Bill A7695

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows enrollment preference to charter schools for students in certain grade levels in N.Y. city

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2009-A7695 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2854, Ed L

2009-A7695 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows enrollment preference to charter schools for students in certain grade levels in cities with a population of one million or more.

2009-A7695 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7695

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing an enrollment
  preference  to charter schools for students in certain grade levels in
  cities with a population of a million or more

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  2 of section 2854 of the
education law, as amended by section 5 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of  the
laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  (b) Any child who is qualified under the laws of this state for admis-
sion  to a public school is qualified for admission to a charter school.
The school shall enroll each  eligible  student  who  submits  a  timely
application  by  the  first day of April each year, unless the number of
applications exceeds the capacity of the grade  level  or  building.  In
such cases, students shall be accepted from among applicants by a random
selection  process,  provided,  however,  that  an enrollment preference
shall be provided to pupils returning  to  the  charter  school  in  the
second  or  any  subsequent year of operation and pupils residing in the
school district in which the charter school is located, and siblings  of
pupils already enrolled in the charter school.  For the purposes of this
paragraph  and paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the school district in
which the charter school is located shall  mean,  for  the  city  school
district  of  the  city of New York, the community district in which the
charter school is located, PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  A  CHARTER  SCHOOL
LOCATED  IN  THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MAY PROVIDE AN ENROLL-
MENT PREFERENCE TO PUPILS ENTERING ANY GRADES FIVE THROUGH TWELVE  ON  A
CITY-WIDE BASIS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11214-01-9

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