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Assembly Bill A6891

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to revisions to charter schools

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2025-A6891 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S527
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2852, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8029, S5950
2021-2022: A5117, S676
2023-2024: A6561, S2974

2025-A6891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to revisions to charter schools that would expand the grades served at such charter schools.

2025-A6891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6891
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  revision  to  charter
   schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section  2852  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  BEGINNING  WITH  PROPOSED REVISIONS SUBMITTED TO A CHARTER ENTITY
 AFTER JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, A  CHARTER  SCHOOL  MAY  NOT
 SUBMIT  A REVISION TO A CHARTER THAT WOULD EXPAND THE GRADES SERVED THAT
 WOULD CAUSE THE SCHOOL TO SERVE GRADES LEVELS IN MORE THAN  ONE  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING   SCHOOL   CLASSIFICATIONS;  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL,  INTERMEDIATE
 SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, OR HIGH SCHOOL AS DEFINED  IN
 THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01410-01-5

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