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Assembly Bill A9021

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires disclosure of the proposed site location of a charter school at the time of application when the location is in an existing school

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2019-A9021 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2851, Ed L

2019-A9021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the proposed site location of a charter school to be identified at the time of application if the location is in a building where there already is an existing school.

2019-A9021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9021
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing the proposed
   site location of a charter school at the time of application
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (j)  of  subdivision  2 of section 2851 of the
 education law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   (j)  Information  regarding  the  facilities to be used by the school,
 including the location of the school, if known, and the means  by  which
 pupils  will be transported to and from the school. If the facilities to
 be used by the proposed school are not known at the time the application
 is submitted, the applicant shall notify  the  charter  entity  and,  if
 applicable,  the  board of regents within ten business days of acquiring
 facilities for such school; provided, however, that the  charter  school
 must  obtain a certificate of occupancy for such facilities prior to the
 date on which instruction is to commence at the school.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 THE FOREGOING, IF THE SCHOOL IS TO BE LOCATED IN A BUILDING IN WHICH  AN
 EXISTING  PUBLIC  SCHOOL IS LOCATED, THE SCHOOL'S PROPOSED LOCATION MUST
 BE IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14404-01-9

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