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Senate Bill S6473

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to charter schools

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2009-S6473 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9716
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2852, Ed L

2009-S6473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to charter schools.

2009-S6473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 6473                                                  A. 9716

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 19, 2010
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
  tion

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CANESTRARI -- read once and
  referred 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.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  2 of section 2852 of the
education law, as added by section 2 of part D-2 of chapter  57  of  the
laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  (d)  in a school district, OTHER THAN A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY
HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE INHABITANTS, where the  total
enrollment  of  resident  students attending charter schools in the base
year is greater than five percent of the total public school  enrollment
of  the  school  district  in the base year (i) granting the application
would have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to
attend the proposed charter school [or] AND (ii) THE TRUSTEE,  TRUSTEES,
OR BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the school district in which the charter school
will be located consents to such application.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15483-01-0

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