Assembly Bill A4833

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Disallows an application for a charter school to be approved if a state monitor or fiscal monitor is not operating in such school district

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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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2025-A4833 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2852, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8373
2023-2024: A1986

2025-A4833 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Disallows an application for a charter school to be approved if a state monitor or fiscal monitor is not operating in such school district.

2025-A4833 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4833
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'PHARROW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to disallowing an  appli-
   cation  for  a  charter  school to be approved if a school district is
   under the supervision of a state monitor or fiscal monitor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 2 of section 2852 of
 the education law, as amended by section 4-a of part A of chapter 56  of
 the  laws  of 2023, are amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to read
 as follows:
   (d) in a school  district  where  the  total  enrollment  of  resident
 students attending charter schools in the base year is greater than five
 percent  of the total public school enrollment of the school district in
 the base year (i) granting the  application  would  have  a  significant
 educational  benefit  to  the  students  expected to attend the proposed
 charter school or (ii) the school district in which the  charter  school
 will be located consents to such application; [and]
   (e)  for applicants for an initial charter pursuant to paragraph (b-1)
 of subdivision nine of this section in a school district  located  in  a
 city  with  a population of one million or more, the total enrollment of
 students attending charter schools  within  the  community  district  in
 which  the  charter school will be located in the base year is less than
 or equal to fifty-five percent of the  total  public  school  enrollment
 attending within such community district in the base year[.]; AND
   (F)  A STATE MONITOR OR FISCAL MONITOR IS NOT OPERATING IN SUCH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08802-01-5

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