Bill Text: NY A01727 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires private schools to provide to the commissioner of education copies of certain documents prior to receipt of apportionment funds or a Basis Educational Data System code.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-01 - print number 1727a [A01727 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01727-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1727--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI,  JAFFEE,  MONTESANO, McDONOUGH --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MOSLEY, PERRY, RIVERA,  STECK  --  read
          once  and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the
          Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  private
          schools  to  provide  to the commissioner of education copies of their
          current certificate of occupancy and most recent  fire  safety  report
          prior  to  receipt  of apportionment funds or a Basis Educational Data
          System code
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 409-l
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 409-l. Non-public school building requirements in relation to health
     4  and  safety. 1. Prior to the issuance of a Basis Educational Data System
     5  (BEDS) code to a non-public  school,  the  non-public  school  shall  be
     6  required  to submit to the commissioner, at minimum, valid copies of the
     7  following:
     8    (a) a certificate of incorporation or a charter issued by the board of
     9  regents;
    10    (b) a current certificate of occupancy and use issued by  the  munici-
    11  pality where the school buildings are located;
    12    (c) a recent fire inspection completed by an eligible authority pursu-
    13  ant to subdivision three of section eight hundred seven-a of this title;
    14    (d) a statement of the maximum capacity of the building being used for
    15  educational purposes as set by the local government; and
    16    (e)  a  list  of  additional  occupants  at the same address that is a
    17  registered non-public school.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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