NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5771
SPONSOR: Glick
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to limiting compensation
of executives of charter schools where such compensation is provided
through state funding
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Limits compensation of executives of charter schools where such compen-
sation is provided through state.funding.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Amends Section 2854 of the education law, relating to the general
requirements for charter schools. It adds a new subsection stating that
Compensation paid or given to executives of charter schools that are
approved by the board of regents shall not exceed one-hundred and nine-
ty-nine thousand dollars per year where such compensation is provided
through state funding.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Executive order No.38 enacted by former Governor Cuomo, relating the use
of public funds for the compensation of executives of Not for Profit
organizations was the first piece of legislation to deal with this
issue. It was hailed widely as an improvement by the Not for Profit
sector but it did not relate at all to public funding for charter
schools. As of right now, it is at the discretion of the board of char-
ter schools as to how to spend public funds..While there are guidelines
as to the use of this money, there is no legislation in place to cap
funding to executives on these boards. As the nature of executive orders
makes them subject to change, it is my belief that such provisions that
are contained therein must be codified in law to ensure that such prob-
lems do not arise again, and that charter schools are held publicly
accountable for the use of public funds.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2015-16: Referred to education
2017-18: Referred to education
2019-20: A.2534 Referred to education
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None for the state.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective from July 1, 2023
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5771
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 23, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to limiting compensation
of executives of charter schools where such compensation is provided
through state funding
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2854 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. Compensation of executives. Compensation paid or given to any exec-
4 utive of a charter school approved by the board of regents shall not
5 exceed one hundred ninety-nine thousand dollars per year where such
6 compensation is provided through state funding.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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