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A06710 Summary:

BILL NOA06710
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02292
 
SPONSORBenedetto
 
COSPNSRSmith
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 2852, Ed L
 
Relates to requirements for applications for charter schools.
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A06710 Actions:

BILL NOA06710
 
05/05/2023referred to education
01/03/2024referred to education
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A06710 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6710
 
SPONSOR: Benedetto
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to requirements for applications for charter schools   PURPOSE: To include school districts and community school districts in the approval process for the issuance of new charter schools in over-en- rolled districts.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 2852 of educa- tion law to include school districts and New York City community school districts in the approval of new charters when the districts are already over-enrolled with charter students. Section 2 establishes the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Current education law establishes a threshold for the denial of new charter school applications when the district in which the charter is to be located has already reached at least five percent of its student enrollment in charter schools. However, there is an exception to this provision that allows the charter to be approved in these over-enrolled charter districts when a "significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the proposed charter" exists. This bill would add another level of approval by the school district or in New York City the community school district in order for additional charter schools to be approved in areas of high concentration of charter pupils. Educators and community members in areas where there is a proliferation of charters have raised increasing concerns over the fiscal impact of charter schools on traditional public schools in their districts. This measure affords these individuals with an opportunity to participate in the process for charter approvals.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021/22: S548 (Mayer) / A5116 (Benedetto): referred to Education 2019/20: S5978 (Mayer) / A8028 (Benedetto): referred to Education   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
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A06710 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6710
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 5, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        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  requirements  for
          applications for charter schools
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision  2  of  section  2852  of  the
     2  education  law,  as  added by section 2 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of the
     3  laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (d) in a school  district  where  the  total  enrollment  of  resident
     5  students attending charter schools in the base year is greater than five
     6  percent  of the total public school enrollment of the school district in
     7  the base year (i) granting the  application  would  have  a  significant
     8  educational  benefit  to  the  students  expected to attend the proposed
     9  charter school [or] and (ii) the school district or in a city  having  a
    10  population  of  one  million  or  more inhabitants, the community school
    11  district in which the charter school will be located  consents  to  such
    12  application.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04496-01-3
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