NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4688
SPONSOR: Peoples-Stokes TITLE OF BILL:
An act prohibiting the approval of a charter school application when
such school would operate within the Buffalo city school district; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to establish a temporary moratorium on the
establishment of new charter schools in the city of Buffalo.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one provides that no application to establish a charter school
shall be approved by any charter entity if such proposed charter school
would operate within the Buffalo city school district. Section one
further provides that a charter that has been surrendered, revoked or
terminated within the Buffalo city school district on or after July 1,
2021, including a charter that has not been renewed by action of its
charter entity, shall not be reissued within the Buffalo city school
district.
Section two provides for an immediate effective date and repeals the act
on June 30, 2024.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Buffalo city school district is currently at an over saturation
point with charter schools. It is appropriate to establish a temporary
moratorium on the establishment of new charter schools in Buffalo to
provide time for the school district and other stakeholders to assess
the landscape of the educational systems and ensure all students in
Buffalo are receiving an excellent education.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed June 30, 2024.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4688
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT prohibiting the approval of a charter school application when
such school would operate within the Buffalo city school district; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
2 the contrary, commencing on July 1, 2021, no application to establish a
3 charter school submitted pursuant to section 2851 of the education law
4 shall be approved by any charter entity if such proposed charter school
5 would operate within the Buffalo city school district. Furthermore, a
6 charter that has been surrendered, revoked or terminated within the
7 Buffalo city school district on or after July 1, 2021, including a char-
8 ter that has not been renewed by action of its charter entity, shall not
9 be reissued within the Buffalo city school district.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
11 deemed repealed June 30, 2024.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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