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Assembly Bill A9165

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to charter schools operating at multiple sites

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2009-A9165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5049
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2853, Ed L

2009-A9165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to charter schools operating at multiple sites.

2009-A9165 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9165

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                           September 30, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. HOYT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter schools  oper-
  ating at multiple sites

  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 ANY GRADE 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  CHAPTER,
APPROVAL  OF REVISION TO A CHARTER OR CHARTERS TO AUTHORIZE AN EDUCATION
CORPORATION TO HOUSE ANY GRADE OR GRADES AT MORE THAN ONE SITE,  INCLUD-
ING THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING EDUCATION CORPORATIONS OPER-
ATING  CHARTER  SCHOOLS TO A SINGLE EDUCATION CORPORATION, SHALL BE MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF  SECTION  TWEN-
TY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIFTY-TWO  OF THIS ARTICLE.   IF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW THAT MERGES OR  CONSOL-
IDATES  WITH  A  CHARTER  SCHOOL  WHOSE  EMPLOYEES  ARE NOT MEMBERS OF A
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYEES OF THE MERGED  OR  CONSOL-
IDATED  CHARTER  SCHOOL  SHALL  BE  MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTED LIKE POSITIONS, IF ANY, PRIOR TO THE MERG-
ER 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10260-04-9

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