Assembly Bill A8030

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to 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-A8030 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4237
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ed L, generally; amd §179-q, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6578
2021-2022: A5135, S4200
2023-2024: A4458, S4466

2019-A8030 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides additional requirements and applies additional prohibitions to charter schools.

2019-A8030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8030
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
   to charter schools
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 2851 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 101 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  An  application  to establish a charter school may be submitted by
 teachers, parents, school administrators,  community  residents  or  any
 combination  thereof.  Such application may be filed in conjunction with
 a college, university, museum, educational  institution,  not-for-profit
 corporation  exempt from taxation under paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of
 section 501 of the internal  revenue  code  or  for-profit  business  or
 corporate  entity  authorized to do business in New York state. Provided
 however, for-profit business or corporate entities shall not be eligible
 to submit an application to  establish  a  charter  school  pursuant  to
 subdivision  nine-a  of  section  twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this
 article, or operate or manage a charter  school  for  a  charter  issued
 pursuant to subdivision nine-a of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two
 of  this  article. For charter schools established in conjunction with a
 for-profit OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT business or corporate entity,  the  charter
 shall specify the extent of the entity's participation in the management
 and operation of the school.
   §  2.  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 and with

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

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