STATE OF NEW YORK
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5045
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 4, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 charter school
locations in New York city
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. Provided further, however, that before a charter school may be
13 located in part of an existing school building in the city of New York,
14 or in any other real property of the city of New York, there shall be
15 full compliance with the provisions of section one hundred ninety-sev-
16 en-c of the New York city charter, relating to uniform land use review
17 procedure, or the provisions of any other local law of the city of New
18 York relating thereto.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10631-01-9
