S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2113
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 13, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, CANESTRARI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. COOK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to limiting the costs to
be paid by the local board of education budget to five percent per
annum of that budget
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2852 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 101 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
1. A charter entity that receives an application for approval of a
charter school shall act on each request received prior to July first of
a calendar year on or before January first of the succeeding calendar
year, and a proposed charter between the applicant and the charter enti-
ty resulting from such application shall be executed on or before Febru-
ary first of such succeeding year. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
construed to prevent a charter entity from receiving or acting upon an
application at any time. This subdivision shall not apply to applica-
tions that are submitted pursuant to subdivision nine-a of this section.
HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW, NO CHARTERING ENTITY SHALL APPROVE A CHARTER IN A CITY
WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR LESS WHEN ISSUANCE OF THAT
CHARTER WOULD CAUSE THE COST OF ALL PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION
TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE TO EXCEED FIVE PERCENT OF
THAT CITY'S SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TOTAL STATE APPROVED OPERATING EXPENSE AS
CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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