Assembly Bill A7500

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Grants priority to charter school applicants with a board of trustees and school administrators that are at least fifty-one percent minority group members

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A7500 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2852, Ed L

2023-A7500 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants priority to charter school applicants with a board of trustees and school administrators that are at least fifty-one percent minority group members.

2023-A7500 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7500
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to granting  priority  to
   charter school applicants with a board of trustees and school adminis-
   trators that are at least fifty-one percent minority group members

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 2852 of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
   (C-1)  FOR ANY CHARTER ISSUED OR REISSUED ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL GRANT PRIORITY TO  ANY  APPLICANT
 THAT  DEMONSTRATES THAT ITS CHARTER SCHOOL WILL BE MANAGED BY A BOARD OF
 TRUSTEES AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN WHICH AT LEAST  FIFTY-ONE  PERCENT
 OF  SUCH  BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE MINORITY GROUP
 MEMBERS AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11415-01-3

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