Clarifies what buildings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the location of charter schools by describing an existing public school building as being a building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied but designated for potential school use.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6756
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 9, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to clarifying what build-
ings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the
location of charter schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 2853 of the
2 education law, as amended by chapter 101 of the laws of 2010, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) A charter school may be located in part of an existing public
5 school building, in space provided on a private work site, in a public
6 building or in any other suitable location. Provided, however, before a
7 charter school may be located in part of an existing public school
8 building, the charter entity shall provide notice to the parents or
9 guardians of the students then enrolled in the existing school building
10 and shall hold a public hearing for purposes of discussing the location
11 of the charter school. A charter school may own, lease or rent its
12 space. For purposes of this subdivision, an existing public school
13 building means a building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied
14 but designated for potential public school use.
15 §2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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