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Assembly Bill A4924

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for parental notification when charter schools receive a corrective action plan or are given a short-term renewal

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2025-A4924 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6770
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2855-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7379, S6087
2023-2024: A5586, S4954

2025-A4924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for parental notification when charter schools receive a corrective action plan or are given a short-term renewal.

2025-A4924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4924
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MEEKS, BRONSON, KELLES -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to parental  notification
   when  charter  schools receive a corrective action plan or are given a
   short-term renewal

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2855-a
 to read as follows:
   §  2855-A.  PARENTAL  NOTIFICATION.  1.  PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF
 CHILDREN WHO ARE ENROLLED IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OR  WHOM  THE  SCHOOLS  ARE
 ATTEMPTING  TO  RECRUIT  SHALL  BE  NOTIFIED WHEN SUCH SCHOOLS RECEIVE A
 CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN OR ARE GIVEN A SHORT-TERM RENEWAL  OF  LESS  THAN
 FIVE YEARS FROM THEIR CHARTER AUTHORIZER.
   2. THE TERM "CHARTER SCHOOL" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 THIS CHAPTER.
   3.  SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL NOTICE OF
 SUCH A SCHOOL'S STATUS.
   4. AS SCHOOLS PROVIDE NOTICE, THEY  SHALL  DISCLOSE  THEIR  CORRECTIVE
 ACTION PLAN TO REMAIN OPEN.
   5.  SUCH  PROVIDED NOTICE SHALL BE WRITTEN AND SENT VIA POSTAL MAIL TO
 THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS. IN THE EVENT OF DUAL CUSTODY SITUATIONS,
 THE SCHOOLS SHALL PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  BOTH  PARENTS  IF  THEIR
 ADDRESSES ARE ON FILE WITH THE SCHOOL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08740-01-5

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