Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Dec 11, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S6339
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2009-S6339 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9413
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง2852, 2853, 2851 & 1950, Ed L
2009-S6339 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6339 REVISED 12/21/09 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to increasing the cap on the total number of charter schools in the state to four hundred; permitting charter schools to house grades at additional sites; and in relation to the authorized period of incorporation PURPOSE : To amend current law to increase the current charter school cap; allow charter schools to contract directly with BOCES, allow a single charter school board to oversee multiple sites and amend the current duration of charter incorporation to be 5 instructional years. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Increases the charter cap from two hundred to four hundred. Section 2: Authorizes charter schools to house a single grade at more than one site, with each additional site counted toward the existing cap of charter schools. Sections 3 & 4: Clarifies that the period of incorporation for a
2009-S6339 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6339 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E December 11, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SMITH, ESPADA -- 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 increasing the cap on the total number of charter schools in the state to four hundred; permitting charter schools to house grades at additional sites; and in relation to the authorized period of incorporation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2852 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 9. The total number of charters issued pursuant to this article shall not exceed [two] FOUR hundred. [One] TWO hundred of such charters shall be issued on the recommendation of the charter entity described in para- graph (b) of subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-one of this article, and [one] TWO hundred of such charters shall be issued on the recommendation of the other charter entities set forth in subdi- vision three of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-one of this article, provided that up to fifty of the additional charters authorized to be issued by [the] chapter FIFTY-SEVEN of the laws of two thousand seven [which amended this subdivision effective July first, two thousand seven] shall be reserved for a city school district of a city having a population of one million or more. The failure of any body to issue the regulations authorized pursuant to this article shall not [effect] AFFECT the authority of a charter entity to propose a charter to the board of regents or the board of regents' authority to grant such char- ter. A conversion of an existing public school to a charter school or the renewal or extension of a charter shall not be counted toward the numerical limits established by this subdivision. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15078-01-9 S. 6339 2
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