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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A7995
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DICKENS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2021-A7995 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2851, Ed L
2021-A7995 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the transfer of a charter for charter schools designed to serve students with special needs, defined as a school which has at least fifty percent of its student population enrolled with an individualized education plan; provides that the obligations of the previous charter entity to oversee and supervise such school shall terminate upon the transfer of authorization of such charter school to a new charter entity.
2021-A7995 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7995 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the trans- fer of a charter for charter schools designed to serve students with special needs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2851 of the education law, as added by section 2 of part P of chapter 73 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 5. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary for a period of one year from the effective date of this subdi- vision, a charter school approved by a charter entity listed in subdivi- sion three of this section may apply at any time during this period to another charter entity, defined in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subdivi- sion three of this section to request such other charter entity to over- see and supervise such charter school. All standards and requirements established in the original charter agreement shall remain in effect until the scheduled expiration of such charter agreement and provided however that all obligations of the previous charter entity to oversee and supervise a charter school shall terminate upon the transfer of authorization of such charter school to a new charter entity, as defined in subdivision five of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this article, and the previous charter entity shall provide in a timely fash- ion information relevant to the charter as requested by such other char- ter entity. A charter school that seeks to change its charter entity must have met all other requirements of this article and cannot be in violation of any legal requirement, in probationary status, or slated for closure; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT IS DESIGNED TO SERVE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, DEFINED AS A SCHOOL WHICH HAS AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF ITS STUDENT POPULATION ENROLLED WITH AN INDIVID- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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