Senate Bill S6266

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the housing of grades at charter schools

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • 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-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2853, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3961
2013-2014: S2874

2009-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the housing of grades at charter schools.

2009-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6266

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            November 4, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the housing of  grades
  at charter schools

  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 TWO OR MORE GRADES 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  CHAP-
TER,  APPROVAL  OF  REVISIONS  TO  A CHARTER OR CHARTERS TO AUTHORIZE AN
EDUCATION CORPORATION TO HOUSE ANY GRADE OR  GRADES  AT  MORE  THAN  ONE
SITE, INCLUDING THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING EDUCATION CORPO-
RATIONS  OPERATING  CHARTER  SCHOOLS  TO A SINGLE EDUCATION CORPORATION,
SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. UPON SUCH MERGER
OR  CONSOLIDATION,  THE SURVIVING OR CONSOLIDATED EDUCATION CORPORATION,
PLUS ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL SITES, SHALL  EACH  BE  COUNTED  AS  A  CHARTER
ISSUED  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. IF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS EMPLOYEES WHO
ARE MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE
FOURTEEN  OF  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE LAW THAT MERGES OR CONSOLIDATES WITH A
CHARTER SCHOOL WHOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE  BARGAIN-
ING ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYEES OF THE MERGED OR CONSOLIDATED CHARTER SCHOOL
SHALL  BE MEMBERS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION THAT REPRES-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10260-07-9
              

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