Bill Text: NY A00664 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the location of a proposed charter school be included in the charter application.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A00664 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00664-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          664
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, MAISEL -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the location
         of a proposed charter school to be included in the charter application
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (j)  of  subdivision  2 of section 2851 of the
    2  education law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (j)  Information  regarding  the  facilities to be used by the school,
    5  including the location of the school, [if known,] and the means by which
    6  pupils will be transported to and from the school. [If the facilities to
    7  be used by the proposed school are not known at the time the application
    8  is submitted, the applicant shall notify  the  charter  entity  and,  if
    9  applicable,  the  board of regents within ten business days of acquiring
   10  facilities for such school; provided, however, that the  charter  school
   11  must  obtain a certificate of occupancy for such facilities prior to the
   12  date on which instruction is to commence at the school.]
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   14  have  become  a  law  and shall apply to any applications to establish a
   15  charter school submitted to a charter entity on or after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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