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Senate Bill S8013
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 22nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City 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
2019-S8013 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate New York City Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2854, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S3688
2019-S8013 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8013 SPONSOR: FELDER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to residency requirements for certain charter schools PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require charter schools to only enroll students who live within 5 miles of their location SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: 1. Section 1, Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 2854 of the education law is amended to require that charter schools in a city with a population of 1 million or more, only serve students within a 5-mile radius of the charter school 2. Effective date
2019-S8013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8013 I N S E N A T E March 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to residency requirements for certain charter schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 2854 of the education law, as amended by section 3 of subpart A of part B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (b) Any child who is qualified under the laws of this state for admis- sion to a public school is qualified for admission to a charter school, PROVIDED THAT IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SUCH CHILD LIVES WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOL. Applica- tions for admission to a charter school shall be submitted on a uniform application form created by the department and shall be made available by a charter school in languages predominately spoken in the community in which such charter school is located. The school shall enroll each eligible student who submits a timely application by the first day of April each year, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of the grade level or building. In such cases, students shall be accepted from among applicants by a random selection process, provided, however, that an enrollment preference shall be provided to pupils returning to the charter school in the second or any subsequent year of operation and pupils residing in the school district in which the char- ter school is located, OR IN THE CASE OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, PUPILS RESIDING WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF SUCH CHAR- TER SCHOOL, and siblings of pupils already enrolled in the charter school. Preference may also be provided to children of employees of the charter school or charter management organization, provided that such children of employees may constitute no more than fifteen percent of the charter school's total enrollment. The commissioner shall establish regulations to require that the random selection process conducted pursuant to this paragraph be performed in a transparent and equitable manner and to require that the time and place of the random selection EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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