Assembly Bill A3289A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the enrollment of students at charter schools, the suspension of students at charter schools and the administration of charter schools

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A3289 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3334
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2851, 2852, 2854, 2855 & 2857 Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10304
2017-2018: A3791
2021-2022: A3598, S1972
2023-2024: A3904, S355

2019-A3289 - Summary

Relates to the establishment, organization, and administration of charter schools.

2019-A3289 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3289
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BICHOTTE, ABINANTI, COOK, DINOWITZ, GALEF, GOTT-
   FRIED, M. G. MILLER, SIMON, JAFFEE, OTIS, McDONOUGH,  HYNDMAN,  LIFTON
   --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. GLICK, RAIA, RAMOS, THIELE -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  enrollment  of
   students  at  charter  schools,  the suspension of students at charter
   schools and the administration of charter schools
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (h)  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:
   (h)  The  rules  and  procedures by which students may be disciplined,
 including but not limited to expulsion or suspension  from  the  school,
 which shall be consistent with the requirements of [due process] SECTION
 THIRTY-TWO  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN  OF THIS CHAPTER and with federal laws and
 regulations governing the placement of students with  disabilities,  AND
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE APPLICATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A  CODE  OF  CONDUCT
 CONSISTENT WITH SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 2851 of the education law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWEN-
 TY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE,  AN  AUDIT  REPORT  BY  AN
 INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT OR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
 ON  THE  OPERATIONS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL, INCLUDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
 LAW, AND  WITH  ALL  OTHER  APPLICABLE  LAWS,  REGULATIONS  AND  CHARTER
 PROVISIONS.
   §  3.  Section  2851  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-A3289A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3334
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2851, 2852, 2854, 2855 & 2857 Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10304
2017-2018: A3791
2021-2022: A3598, S1972
2023-2024: A3904, S355

2019-A3289A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment, organization, and administration of charter schools.

2019-A3289A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3289--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BICHOTTE, ABINANTI, COOK, DINOWITZ, GALEF, GOTT-
   FRIED, M. G. MILLER, SIMON, JAFFEE, OTIS, McDONOUGH,  HYNDMAN,  LIFTON
   --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. GLICK, RAIA, RAMOS, THIELE -- read
   once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Education  --   committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to the enrollment of
   students at charter schools, the suspension  of  students  at  charter
   schools and the administration of charter schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (j) of subdivision 2 of section 2851  of
 the  education  law,  as  added  by  chapter  4 of the laws of 1998, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (h) The rules and procedures by which  students  may  be  disciplined,
 including  but  not  limited to expulsion or suspension from the school,
 which shall be consistent with the requirements of [due process] SECTION
 THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER and with  federal  laws  and
 regulations  governing  the placement of students with disabilities, AND
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE.  THE APPLICATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A CODE OF CONDUCT
 CONSISTENT WITH SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   (j) (I) 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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