Senate Bill S2173

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to charter schools in cities with a population of one million or more

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City 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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2023-S2173 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4514
Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2854, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4926, A7766
2021-2022: S1117, A5118

2023-S2173 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state comptroller and the comptroller of the city of New York to coordinate the scheduling and performance of audits of charter schools in the city of New York.

2023-S2173 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2173 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2173
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. LIU, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City  Educa-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to charter schools in
   cities with a population of one million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  1 of section 2854 of the
 education law, as amended by section 10-b of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (c) A charter school shall be subject to  the  financial  audits,  the
 audit  procedures,  and the audit requirements set forth in the charter,
 and shall be subject to audits of the comptroller [of  the  city  school
 district]  of  the  city of New York AND THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK for charter schools located in New York city, and to the audits
 of the comptroller of the state of New York for charter schools  located
 in  the rest of the state, at his or her discretion, with respect to the
 school's financial operations. Such AUDIT procedures and standards shall
 be consistent with generally accepted accounting  and  audit  standards.
 Independent  fiscal  audits  shall  be  required at least once annually.
 PRIOR TO CONDUCTING AN AUDIT OF A CHARTER SCHOOL  LOCATED  IN  NEW  YORK
 CITY,  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL COORDINATE THE
 SCHEDULING AND PERFORMANCE OF SUCH AUDIT WITH  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05365-01-3

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