senate Bill S6567

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the surrender, revocation or termination of a charter and requirements for teaching staff of charter schools

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    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018 referred to education
returned to senate
died in assembly
Jun 13, 2017 referred to education
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jun 05, 2017 ordered to third reading cal.1506
Jun 04, 2017 referred to rules

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S6567 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2852, 2854 & 2851, Ed L; amd §17, Chap 345 of 2009; amd §34, Chap 91 of 2002

S6567 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the surrender, revocation or termination of a charter and requirements for teaching staff of charter schools.

S6567 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6567 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  6567

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 4, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 surrender, revoca-
  tion or termination of a charter and requirements for  teaching  staff
  of  charter schools; to amend chapter 345 of the laws of 2009 amending
  the education law and other laws relating to the reorganization of the
  New York city board of education, chancellor, community  councils  and
  community superintendents, in relation to extending the expiration and
  repeal  date of certain provisions thereof; and to amend chapter 91 of
  the laws of 2002, amending the education law and other  laws  relating
  to  reorganization of the New York city school construction authority,
  board of education and community boards, in relation to extending  the
  expiration and repeal date of certain provisions thereof

  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 subpart A of part B of chapter 20 of the laws of
2015, is amended to read as follows:
  9. The total number of charters issued pursuant to this article state-
wide  shall not exceed four hundred sixty. (a) All charters issued on or
after July first, two thousand fifteen and counted toward the  numerical
limits  established  by this subdivision shall be issued by the board of
regents upon application directly to the board  of  regents  or  on  the
recommendation  of  the board of trustees of the state university of New
York pursuant to a competitive process in  accordance  with  subdivision
nine-a  of this section[. Fifty of such charters issued on or after July
first, two thousand fifteen, and no more, shall be granted to a  charter
for  a school to be located in a city having a population of one million
or more]; PROVIDED THAT A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL  RECEIVE  NO
MORE  THAN  FORTY  PERCENT  OF  THE REMAINING CHARTERS AVAILABLE IN EACH
YEAR. The failure of any body to issue the regulations authorized pursu-

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

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