STATE OF NEW YORK
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10617
IN ASSEMBLY
March 13, 2026
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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 extending the amount
of time for the board of regents to approve and issue a charter that
has been resubmitted by a charter entity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5-b of section 2852 of the education law, as
2 added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
3 5-b. If the board of regents returns a proposed charter to the charter
4 entity pursuant to the provisions of subdivision five-a of this section,
5 such charter entity shall reconsider the proposed charter, taking into
6 consideration the comments and recommendation of the board of regents.
7 Thereafter, the charter entity shall resubmit the proposed charter to
8 the board of regents with modifications, provided that the applicant
9 consents in writing to such modifications, resubmit the proposed charter
10 to the board of regents without modifications, or abandon the proposed
11 charter. The board of regents shall review each such resubmitted
12 proposed charter in accordance with the provisions of subdivision five-a
13 of this section; provided, however, that it shall be the duty of the
14 board of regents to approve and issue a proposed charter resubmitted by
15 the charter entity described in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of
16 section twenty-eight hundred fifty-one of this article within [thirty]
17 ninety days of the resubmission of such proposed charter or such
18 proposed charter shall be deemed approved and issued at the expiration
19 of such period.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15204-01-6
