NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3875

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to education
Apr 02, 2009	referred to education

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7687
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2852, Ed L

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to charter schools.

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3875

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law, in relation to charter schools


 PURPOSE :
This bill would amend the education law to subject all charter schools
to the same review process, by allowing only the Board of Regents to
issue charters.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Sections 1 amends the Education Law §2851 to define the board of
regents as the charter entity for all charters.  Section 3 sets the
effective date as the first July after which this act takes effect.

 EXISTING LAW :
Under current law, applications for new charter schools are submitted
to the New York State Board of Regents, the SUNY Board of Trustees or
a local school district and, in New York City, the chancellor. These
entities review applications and forward approved applications to the
Board of Regents. The Board of Regents may accept, reject or return an
application for further development. The SUNY Board of Trustees, local
school district or New York City chancellor may then re-submit
applications. The Board of Regents may accept, reject or again return
the application approved by local school districts but it must accept

an application re-submitted by SUNY Board of Trustees even if the
board does not address the Regents' questions or concerns.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The exception of SUNY approved applications from the Board of Regents
oversight is troubling.  It has introduced inconsistency into the
review of charter applications. The criteria for approval of a charter
application or the evaluation of that criteria differ. In fact,
applications rejected by the Regents can proceed through SUNY rather
than address what can be problematic flaws in their proposals. As a
result, the credibility of some schools and in fact the approval
process is called into question. It also makes oversight problematic
and erratic. This legislation amends the application process to assure
consistent review of charter applications. It establishes a process
which is reliable and accountable. This bill will subject all charter
schools to the same review standards and level the playing field for
charter school applicants.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
July 1, 2009.

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3875

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter schools

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5-b of section 2852 of the education law, as
added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  5-b. If the board of regents returns a proposed charter to the charter
entity pursuant to the provisions of subdivision five-a of this section,
such charter entity shall reconsider the proposed charter,  taking  into
consideration  the  comments and recommendation of the board of regents.
Thereafter, the charter entity shall resubmit the  proposed  charter  to
the  board  of  regents  with modifications, provided that the applicant
consents in writing to such modifications, resubmit the proposed charter
to the board of regents without modifications, or abandon  the  proposed
charter.  The  board  of  regents  shall  review  each  such resubmitted
proposed charter in accordance with the provisions of subdivision five-a
of this section[; provided, however, that it shall be the  duty  of  the
board  of regents to approve and issue a proposed charter resubmitted by
the charter entity described in paragraph (b) of  subdivision  three  of
section  twenty-eight  hundred  fifty-one  of this article within thirty
days of the resubmission of such proposed charter or such proposed char-
ter shall be deemed approved and issued at the expiration of such  peri-
od].
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10840-01-9

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Suzi Oppenheimer

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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