Senate Bill S1973

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Removes the board of trustees of the state university of New York as a charter entity; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee


  • 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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2021-S1973 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3621
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2851, 2852, 2853, 2855 & 2857, rpld §2851 sub 5, §355 sub 2-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5734, A7848
2023-2024: S1028, A3979

2021-S1973 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the board of trustees of the state university of New York as a charter entity.

2021-S1973 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1973
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter entities;  and
   to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2851  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  101  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. An applicant shall submit the application to a charter  entity  for
 approval. For purposes of this article, a charter entity shall be:
   (a) The board of education of a school district eligible for an appor-
 tionment of aid under subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two
 of this chapter, provided that a board of education shall not approve an
 application  for  a  school to be operated outside the school district's
 geographic boundaries and further provided that in a city having a popu-
 lation of one million or more, the chancellor of any  such  city  school
 district shall be the charter entity established by this paragraph; OR
   (b) [The board of trustees of the state university of New York; or
   (c)] The board of regents.
   The  board  of  regents shall be the only entity authorized to issue a
 charter pursuant to this article. Notwithstanding any provision of  this
 subdivision  to  the  contrary,  an application for the conversion of an
 existing public school to a charter school shall be  submitted  to,  and
 may  only  be approved by, the charter entity set forth in paragraph (a)
 of this subdivision. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to  the
 contrary,  any  such application for conversion shall be consistent with
 this section but shall not be subject to the process pursuant to  subdi-
 vision nine-a of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this article,
 and  the charter entity shall require that the parents or guardians of a

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02296-01-1
              

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