Bill Text: NY A06107 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, the state finance law and the real property tax law, in relation to charter schools; and to repeal paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 3 of section 2854 of the education law, relating to collective bargaining
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A06107 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A06107-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6107 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EDDING- TON, JOHN, SWEENEY, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, the state finance law and the real property tax law, in relation to charter schools; and to repeal para- graph (b-1) of subdivision 3 of section 2854 of the education law, relating to collective bargaining THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section 2852 of 2 the education law, paragraph (c) as amended and paragraph (d) as added 3 by section 2 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, are amended 4 and three new paragraphs (e), (f), (g) and are added to read as follows: 5 (c) granting the application is likely to improve student learning and 6 achievement and materially further the purposes set out in subdivision 7 two of section twenty-eight hundred fifty of this article; [and] 8 (d) in a school district where the total enrollment of resident 9 students attending charter schools in the base year is greater than five 10 percent of the total public school enrollment of the school district in 11 the base year (i) granting the application would have a significant 12 educational benefit to the students expected to attend the proposed 13 charter school or (ii) the school district in which the charter school 14 will be located consents to such application[.]; 15 (E) THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY FOR THE 16 SCHOOL DISTRICT AFFECTED; 17 (F) THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED A FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT ON HOW 18 THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE IMPACTED; AND 19 (G) THE APPLICANT HAS CONDUCTED NO LESS THAN THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS 20 PRIOR TO APPROVAL. 21 S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2852-a to 22 read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08748-01-9 A. 6107 2 1 S 2852-A. PROCEDURES FOR LOCAL APPROVAL OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CERTAIN 2 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE TO 3 THE CONTRARY, PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHARTER SCHOOL PROPOSED IN 4 A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED SIX, TWO 5 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO OR TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS TITLE, A CHARTER 6 ENTITY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SUCH DISTRICT AN 7 APPROVED CHARTER APPLICATION. SUCH CHARTER APPLICATION SHALL BE PLACED 8 BEFORE THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR DISAP- 9 PROVAL, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED SIX, TWO 10 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO OR TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS TITLE. SUCH 11 CHARTER APPLICATION, IF PROPOSED FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, SHALL 12 INCLUDE A PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL BUDGET, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY- 13 EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO-B OF THIS ARTICLE. IF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOL APPLI- 14 CATION IS NOT APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT, 15 THAT CHARTER APPLICATION SHALL BE DEEMED DISAPPROVED AND SHALL BE 16 RETURNED TO THE CHARTER ENTITY THAT APPROVED SUCH APPLICATION; IF SUCH 17 CHARTER ENTITY APPROVES THE APPLICATION FOR A SECOND TIME, SUCH APPLICA- 18 TION SHALL NOT BE RESUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS UNTIL THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL 19 YEAR. IF SUCH CHARTER APPLICATION IS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 20 VOTERS AND IS ESTABLISHED BY THE APPLICANT, THE CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL BE 21 SUBJECT TO ANNUAL SCHOOL BUDGET VOTES AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT 22 HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO-B OF THIS ARTICLE. 23 S 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2852-b to 24 read as follows: 25 S 2852-B. PROCEDURES FOR ADOPTION OF CHARTER SCHOOL BUDGETS IN CERTAIN 26 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 1. A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT IS LOCATED IN A SCHOOL 27 DISTRICT SUBJECT TO SECTIONS NINETEEN HUNDRED SIX, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY- 28 TWO OR TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS TITLE, SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE 29 SUBMISSION OF A BUDGET FOR APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS PURSUANT TO THE 30 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. 31 2. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONDUCT ALL ANNUAL AND SPECIAL SCHOOL 32 DISTRICT MEETINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING A CHARTER SCHOOL BUDGET IN 33 THE SAME MANNER AS A UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 34 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FORTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE 35 PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION. THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF EACH SUCH 36 SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING A CHARTER SCHOOL BUDGET 37 SHALL BE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF MAY IN EACH YEAR, PROVIDED, HOWEV- 38 ER, THAT SUCH ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION SHALL BE HELD ON THE SECOND 39 TUESDAY IN MAY IF THE COMMISSIONER AT THE REQUEST OF A LOCAL SCHOOL 40 BOARD CERTIFIES NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST THAT SUCH ELECTION WOULD 41 CONFLICT WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND 42 WHERE APPLICABLE SUBDIVISIONS NINE AND NINE-A OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE 43 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS TITLE, GOVERNING THE QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION 44 OF VOTERS, AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF 45 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY, AND SHALL GOVERN THE 46 QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND VOTING PROCEDURES WITH 47 RESPECT TO THE ADOPTION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL BUDGET. 48 3. THE CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL PREPARE A PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL BUDGET 49 FOR THE ENSUING YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVEN- 50 TEEN HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THIS TITLE, INCLUDING ALL PROVISIONS RELATING TO 51 REQUIRED NOTICES AND APPENDICES TO THE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES. NO 52 CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL INCUR A LIABILITY EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY THE 53 PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS TITLE. SUCH 54 PROPOSED BUDGET SHALL BE PRESENTED IN THREE COMPONENTS: A PROGRAM COMPO- 55 NENT, A CAPITAL COMPONENT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENT WHICH SHALL BE 56 SEPARATELY DELINEATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER A. 6107 3 1 AFTER CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS. THE ADMINIS- 2 TRATIVE COMPONENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, OFFICE AND 3 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, TRAVELING EXPENSES AND SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF 4 ALL CHARTER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS WHO SPEND A MAJORITY 5 OF THEIR TIME PERFORMING ADMINISTRATIVE OR SUPERVISORY DUTIES, ANY AND 6 ALL EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL 7 INCLUDING THE COSTS RELATED TO GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BUSI- 8 NESS OFFICE, CONSULTING COSTS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO DIRECT STUDENT 9 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, PLANNING AND ALL OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES; 10 AND SHALL INCLUDE AN ACCOUNTING OF THE NET REVENUES OR PROFITS THAT HAVE 11 BEEN REALIZED BY THE CHARTER SCHOOL, OR ITS PARENT CORPORATION, DURING 12 ITS OPERATION IN THE DISTRICT. THE PROGRAM COMPONENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT 13 NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, ALL PROGRAM EXPENDITURES OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL, 14 INCLUDING THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF TEACHERS AND ANY SCHOOL ADMINIS- 15 TRATORS OR SUPERVISORS WHO SPEND A MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME PERFORMING 16 TEACHING DUTIES, AND ALL TRANSPORTATION AND OPERATING EXPENSES. THE 17 CAPITAL COMPONENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, ALL TRANS- 18 PORTATION CAPITAL, DEBT SERVICE, AND LEASE EXPENDITURES; COSTS RESULTING 19 FROM JUDGMENTS IN TAX CERTIORARI PROCEEDINGS OR THE PAYMENT OF AWARDS 20 FROM COURT JUDGMENTS, ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS OR SETTLED OR COMPROMISED 21 CLAIMS. 22 4. IN THE EVENT THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT REJECT THE BUDGET 23 PROPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, THE CHARTER 24 SCHOOL MAY PROPOSE TO THE VOTERS A REVISED BUDGET OR MAY ADOPT A CONTIN- 25 GENCY BUDGET PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVI- 26 SION FIVE OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE. THE CHARTER 27 SCHOOL BUDGET FOR ANY SCHOOL YEAR, OR ANY PART OF SUCH BUDGET OR ANY 28 PROPOSITIONS INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY FOR SUCH SCHOOL YEAR 29 SHALL NOT BE SUBMITTED FOR A VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS MORE THAN 30 TWICE. IN THE EVENT THE QUALIFIED VOTERS REJECT THE RESUBMITTED BUDGET, 31 THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT A CONTINGENCY BUDGET IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVI- 32 SION FIVE OF THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND 33 TWENTY-TWO OF THIS TITLE. 34 5. IF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS FAIL OR REFUSE TO VOTE THE SUM ESTIMATED TO 35 BE NECESSARY FOR TEACHERS' SALARIES AND OTHER ORDINARY CONTINGENT 36 EXPENSES, THE CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL ADOPT A CONTINGENCY BUDGET IN ACCORD- 37 ANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH CONTINGENCY BUDGET SHALL INCLUDE THE 38 SUM DETERMINED BY THE BOARD TO BE NECESSARY FOR: 39 (A) TEACHERS' SALARIES; 40 (B) ITEMS OF EXPENSE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE CHARTER SCHOOL'S EDUCA- 41 TIONAL PROGRAMS, PRESERVE THE PROPERTY OF THE DISTRICT OR PROTECT THE 42 HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 43 SUPPORT SERVICES, PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES, THE NECESSARY SALARIES FOR 44 THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF NON-TEACHING EMPLOYEES, NECESSARY LEGAL 45 EXPENSES, WATER AND UTILITY CHARGES, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES FOR TEACH- 46 ERS' USE, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, TEMPORARY RENTAL OF ESSENTIAL CLASSROOM 47 FACILITIES, AND EXPENDITURES NECESSARY TO ADVISE SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTERS 48 CONCERNING SCHOOL MATTERS; 49 (C) EXPENSES INCURRED FOR INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS, FIELD TRIPS AND OTHER 50 EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; AND 51 (D) ANY OTHER ITEM OF EXPENSE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE AN 52 ORDINARY CONTINGENT EXPENSE IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 53 6. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE APPEALS RAISING QUESTIONS AS TO 54 WHAT ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE OR ORDINARY CONTINGENT EXPENSES PURSUANT TO 55 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS TWO THOU- 56 SAND TWENTY-FOUR AND THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER. A. 6107 4 1 S 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 2 of section 2854 of the education law, paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as 3 amended by section 5 of part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007 and 4 paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 5 1998, are amended to read as follows: 6 (a) A charter school shall be nonsectarian in its programs, admission 7 policies, employment practices, and all other operations and shall not 8 charge tuition or fees; provided that a charter school may require the 9 payment of fees on the same basis and to the same extent as other public 10 schools. A charter school shall not discriminate against any student, 11 employee or any other person on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, 12 gender, or disability or any other ground that would be unlawful if done 13 by a school. Admission of students shall not be limited on the basis of 14 intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, athletic 15 ability, disability, race, creed, gender, national origin, religion, or 16 ancestry; provided, however, that nothing in this article shall be 17 construed to prevent the establishment of a single-sex charter school or 18 a charter school designed to provide expanded learning opportunities for 19 students at-risk of academic failure; and provided, further, that the 20 charter school shall demonstrate good faith efforts to attract and 21 retain a comparable or greater enrollment of students with disabilities 22 and limited English proficient students when compared to the enrollment 23 figures for such students in the school district in which the charter 24 school is located. A charter shall not be issued to any school that 25 would be wholly or in part under the control or direction of any reli- 26 gious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine 27 would be taught; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT IN NO CASE SHALL THE 28 ENROLLMENT IN CHARTER SCHOOLS EXCEED MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL 29 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THE CHARTERS FOR 30 SUCH CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SUCH 31 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 32 (b) The school employees of a charter school [that has been converted 33 from an existing public school] who are eligible for representation 34 under article fourteen of the civil service law shall be deemed to be 35 included within the negotiating unit containing like titles or posi- 36 tions, if any, for the school district in which such charter school is 37 located and shall be subject to the collective bargaining agreement 38 covering that school district negotiating unit; provided, however, that 39 a majority of the members of a negotiating unit within a charter school 40 may modify, in writing, a collective bargaining agreement for the 41 purposes of employment in the charter school with the approval of the 42 board of trustees of the charter school. 43 S 5. Paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 3 of section 2854 of the education 44 law is REPEALED. 45 S 6. Section 2856 of the education law, as added by chapter 4 of the 46 laws of 1998, and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 378 of the laws of 47 2007, is amended to read as follows: 48 S 2856. Financing of charter schools. 1. (a) The enrollment of 49 students attending charter schools shall NOT be included in the enroll- 50 ment, attendance, membership and, if applicable, count of students with 51 disabilities of the school district in which the pupil resides. The 52 charter school shall report all such data to the [school districts of 53 residence] DEPARTMENT in a timely manner. [Each school district shall 54 report such enrollment, attendance and count of students with disabili- 55 ties to the department.] The [school district of residence] DEPARTMENT 56 shall pay directly to the charter school for each student enrolled in A. 6107 5 1 the charter school [who resides in the school district the charter 2 school basic tuition, which shall be an amount equal to one hundred] FOR 3 GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOUR, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO EIGHTY-FIVE 4 PERCENT, FOR GRADES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO NINETY-FIVE 5 PERCENT AND FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE 6 HUNDRED FIVE percent of the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph f of 7 subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter for 8 the STUDENT'S school district for the year prior to the base year 9 increased by the percentage change in the state total approved operating 10 expense calculated pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision one of section 11 thirty-six hundred two of this chapter from two years prior to the base 12 year to the base year. 13 (B) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF OPERATION 14 OF A CHARTER SCHOOL, THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE 15 DIRECTLY TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL FOR PUPILS WHO ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN 16 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN THE 17 CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE 18 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION. 19 [(b)] (C) The [school district] DEPARTMENT shall also pay directly to 20 the charter school any federal or state aid attributable to a student 21 with a disability attending THE charter school in proportion to the 22 level of services for such student with a disability that the charter 23 school provides directly or indirectly. Notwithstanding anything in this 24 section to the contrary, amounts payable pursuant to this subdivision 25 from state or local funds may be reduced pursuant to an agreement 26 between the DEPARTMENT, THE CHARTER school and the charter entity set 27 forth in the charter. Payments made pursuant to this subdivision shall 28 be made by the [school district] DEPARTMENT in six substantially equal 29 installments each year beginning on the first business day of July and 30 every two months thereafter. Amounts payable under this subdivision 31 shall be determined by the commissioner. Amounts payable to a charter 32 school in its first year of operation shall be based on the projections 33 of initial-year enrollment set forth in the charter until actual enroll- 34 ment data is reported to the school district by the charter school. Such 35 projections shall be reconciled with the actual enrollment as actual 36 enrollment data is so reported and at the end of the school's first year 37 of operation and each subsequent year based on a final report of actual 38 enrollment by the charter school, and any necessary adjustments result- 39 ing from such final report shall be made to payments during the school's 40 following year of operation. 41 [(c)] (D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision to 42 the contrary, payment of the federal aid attributable to a student with 43 a disability attending a charter school shall be made in accordance with 44 the requirements of section 8065-a of title twenty of the United States 45 code and sections 76.785-76.799 and 300.209 of title thirty-four of the 46 code of federal regulations. 47 1-A. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS 48 SECTION, FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL, 49 EACH PUPIL SO RECEIVED INTO ANY OF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO ATTENDED 50 PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL 51 YEAR SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THAT CALCULATED PURSUANT 52 TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND THE DIREC- 53 TORS OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL RECEIVE AN ALLOCATION FOR EACH PUPIL SO 54 PROVIDED FOR, TO BE PAID BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, 55 OUT OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STIMULUS FUND, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 56 NINETY-SEVEN-SSS OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, ON THE WARRANT OF THE COMP- A. 6107 6 1 TROLLER, TO THE TREASURER OF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, 2 THAT ONE-SIXTH OF SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE BEGINNING ON THE FIRST 3 BUSINESS DAY OF JULY AND EVERY TWO MONTHS THEREAFTER. 4 (B) (I) DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL ESTAB- 5 LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE STATE SHALL PAY 6 TO EACH CHARTER SCHOOL FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STIMULUS FUND AN AMOUNT 7 EQUAL TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE 8 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR EACH PUPIL ENROLLED 9 WHO ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE 10 PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR; 11 (II) DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL ESTAB- 12 LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE STATE SHALL PAY 13 TO EACH CHARTER SCHOOL FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STIMULUS FUND AN AMOUNT 14 EQUAL TO THIRTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE 15 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR EACH PUPIL ENROLLED 16 WHO ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE 17 PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR; 18 (III) DURING THE THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL ESTAB- 19 LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE STATE SHALL PAY 20 TO EACH CHARTER SCHOOL FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STIMULUS FUND AN AMOUNT 21 EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS 22 OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR EACH PUPIL ENROLLED WHO ATTENDED 23 PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL 24 YEAR. 25 1-B. (A) PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE SCHOOL 26 DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE AN ALLOCATION FOR EACH RESIDENT PUPIL ATTENDING A 27 CHARTER SCHOOL TO BE PAID BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, 28 OUT OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TRANSITION FUND, AS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 29 NINETY-SEVEN-GGGG OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF 30 THE COMPTROLLER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE-SIXTH OF SUCH ALLOCATION 31 SHALL BE MADE BEGINNING ON THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY OF JULY AND EVERY TWO 32 MONTHS THEREAFTER. 33 (B) (I) DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL ESTAB- 34 LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE STATE SHALL PAY 35 TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TRANSITION 36 FUND, PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AN 37 AMOUNT EQUAL TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE 38 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR EACH RESIDENT PUPIL 39 ENROLLED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL WHO WAS ENROLLED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 40 DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN A CHARTER 41 SCHOOL; 42 (II) DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL ESTAB- 43 LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE STATE SHALL PAY 44 TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TRANSITION 45 FUND, PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AN 46 AMOUNT EQUAL TO THIRTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE 47 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR EACH RESIDENT PUPIL 48 ENROLLED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL WHO WAS ENROLLED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 49 DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN A CHARTER 50 SCHOOL; 51 (III) DURING THE THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL ESTAB- 52 LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE STATE SHALL PAY 53 TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TRANSITION 54 FUND, PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AN 55 AMOUNT EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE 56 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR EACH RESIDENT PUPIL A. 6107 7 1 ENROLLED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL WHO WAS ENROLLED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 2 DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN A CHARTER 3 SCHOOL; 4 (IV) THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE SHALL ALSO APPORTION 5 FUNDS FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TRANSITION FUND TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF 6 RESIDENCE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCU- 7 LATED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR 8 EACH RESIDENT PUPIL ENROLLED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL WHO WAS ENROLLED IN A 9 NONPUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN A CHARTER SCHOOL, FOR 10 THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF SUCH PUPIL'S ENROLLMENT IN A CHARTER SCHOOL; 11 (C) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS CALCULATED PURSU- 12 ANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION TO A CHARTER SCHOOL IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THE 13 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION FOR SUCH 14 CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCING ON OR 15 AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 16 2. [In the event of the failure of the school district to make 17 payments required by this section, the state comptroller shall deduct 18 from any state funds which become due to such school district an amount 19 equal to the unpaid obligation. The comptroller shall pay over such sum 20 to the charter school upon certification of the commissioner. The 21 commissioner shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of 22 this subdivision. 23 3.] Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any person 24 or organization from providing funding or other assistance to the estab- 25 lishment or operation of a charter school. The board of trustees of a 26 charter school is authorized to accept gifts, donations or grants of any 27 kind made to the charter school and to expend or use such gifts, 28 donations or grants in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the 29 donor; provided, however, that no gift, donation or grant may be 30 accepted if subject to a condition that is contrary to any provision of 31 law or term of the charter. 32 3. A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY PAYMENTS PURSU- 33 ANT TO THIS SECTION UNLESS THE CHARTER SCHOOL HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE 34 OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE FACILITIES WHICH ARE TO BE USED BY THE CHARTER 35 SCHOOL AND THE FACILITIES MEET ALL LOCAL ZONING, LAND USE REGULATIONS, 36 AND BUILDING CODES WHICH APPLY TO NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALL PAYMENTS SCHED- 37 ULED TO BE MADE BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHICH ARE 38 WITHHELD AS A RESULT OF A FAILURE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL TO COMPLY WITH 39 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DUE AND PAYABLE FIFTEEN DAYS 40 AFTER THE CHARTER SCHOOL MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 41 4. WHEN A CHARTER SCHOOL IS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 42 TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, THE STATE SHALL NOT 43 REFUSE AID TO ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN AN OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED 44 POVERTY AREA. 45 S 7. Subdivisions 1-a and 2 of section 2857 of the education law, 46 subdivision 1-a as added and subdivision 2 as amended by section 7 of 47 part D-2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as 48 follows: 49 1-a. In the event the school district fails to conduct a public hear- 50 ing, the board of regents OR THE CHARTER ENTITY shall conduct a public 51 hearing to solicit comments from the community in connection with the 52 issuance, revision, or renewal of a charter. 53 2. Each charter school shall submit to the charter entity, THE LOCAL 54 BOARD OF EDUCATION and to the board of regents an annual report. Such 55 report shall be issued no later than the first day of August of each 56 year for the preceding school year. The annual report shall be in such A. 6107 8 1 form as shall be prescribed by the commissioner and shall include at 2 least the following components: 3 (a) a charter school report card, which shall include measures of the 4 comparative academic and fiscal performance of the school, as prescribed 5 by the commissioner in regulations adopted for such purpose. Such meas- 6 ures shall include, but not be limited to, graduation rates, dropout 7 rates, performance of students on standardized tests, college entry 8 rates, total spending per pupil and administrative spending per pupil. 9 Such measures shall be presented in a format that is easily comparable 10 to similar public schools. In addition, the charter school shall ensure 11 that such information is easily accessible to the community. THE CHAR- 12 TER SCHOOL SHALL MAKE THE CHARTER SCHOOL REPORT CARD PUBLICLY AVAILABLE 13 BY TRANSMITTING TO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION, APPENDING IT 14 TO COPIES OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHERE APPLICABLE, MADE PUBLICLY AVAIL- 15 ABLE AS REQUIRED BY LAW, MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION AT THE 16 ANNUAL MEETING, AND OTHERWISE DISSEMINATING IT AS REQUIRED BY THE 17 COMMISSIONER. SUCH REPORT CARD SHALL INCLUDE MEASURES OF THE ACADEMIC 18 AND FISCAL PERFORMANCE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE 19 COMMISSIONER. PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, THE REPORT 20 CARD SHALL ALSO COMPARE THESE MEASURES TO STATEWIDE AVERAGES FOR ALL 21 PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND STATEWIDE AVERAGES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS 22 AND CHARTER SCHOOLS OF COMPARABLE WEALTH AND NEED, DEVELOPED BY THE 23 COMMISSIONER. SUCH REPORT CARD SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, ANY INFORMA- 24 TION ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING PUPIL PERFORMANCE AND 25 EXPENDITURE PER PUPIL REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT BY 26 THE REGENTS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO 27 HUNDRED FIFTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER; AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY 28 THE COMMISSIONER. 29 (b) discussion of the progress made towards achievement of the goals 30 set forth in the charter. 31 (c) a certified financial statement setting forth, by appropriate 32 categories, the revenues, INCLUDING ANY PROFITS REALIZED BY THE CHARTER 33 SCHOOL OR ITS PARENT CORPORATION and expenditures for the preceding 34 school year, including a copy of the most recent independent fiscal 35 audit of the school. 36 S 8. Section 97-sss of the state finance law, as added by chapter 4 of 37 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: 38 S 97-sss. Charter schools stimulus fund. 1. There is hereby estab- 39 lished in the joint custody of the comptroller and the commissioner of 40 taxation and finance a fund to be known as the charter schools stimulus 41 fund. Such fund shall consist of all monies made available pursuant to 42 appropriation for this purpose, all monies transferred to such fund 43 pursuant to law, and grants, gifts and devises and donations from any 44 public or private source. The purpose of such fund is to provide discre- 45 tionary financial support, including grants and loans to charter school 46 applicants and to charter schools for start-up costs and for costs asso- 47 ciated with the acquisition, renovation, or construction of school 48 facilities OR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES. 49 2. (A) IN ADDITION TO THE APPORTIONMENTS AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE 50 OF THIS SECTION, WHEN THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, UPON APPLICATION OF 51 AN AFFECTED DISTRICT, CERTIFIES THAT SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL 52 SITUATION HAS BECOME DISTRESSED AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATION OF A CHAR- 53 TER SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT, THE COMPTROLLER SHALL AWARD 54 GRANTS FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STIMULUS FUND TO A CHARTER SCHOOL OR A 55 DISTRESSED DISTRICT IN AN AMOUNT TO MITIGATE SUCH FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF 56 THE AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT. A. 6107 9 1 (B) EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH SEEKS A DISTRESSED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 GRANT SHALL SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, 3 PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCA- 4 TION. 5 (C) THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL EVALUATE EACH GRANT APPLICA- 6 TION ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE 7 PERCENTAGE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PUPILS ENROLLED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL; 8 THE IMPACT OF CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING ON DISTRICT GENERAL FUND EXPENSE; 9 AND THE RESULTANT LOCAL TAX IMPACT. 10 3. THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE SHALL APPORTION FUNDS 11 FROM THE CHARTER SCHOOLS STIMULUS FUND TO A CHARTER SCHOOL IN AN AMOUNT 12 PER PUPIL EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT CALCULATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF 13 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THE EDUCA- 14 TION LAW FOR EACH RESIDENT PUPIL ENROLLED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL WHO WAS 15 ENROLLED IN A NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN THE 16 CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF SUCH PUPIL'S ENROLLMENT IN 17 SUCH CHARTER SCHOOL. 18 S 9. The state finance law is amended by adding two new sections 19 97-jjjj and 97-kkkk to read as follows: 20 S 97-JJJJ. CHARTER SCHOOLS TRANSITION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB- 21 LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE 22 AND THE COMPTROLLER, A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "CHARTER SCHOOLS TRANSI- 23 TION FUND". 24 2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO 25 APPROPRIATION FOR THIS PURPOSE, ALL MONEYS TRANSFERRED TO SUCH FUND 26 PURSUANT TO LAW, AND GRANTS, GIFTS AND DEVISES AND DONATIONS FROM ANY 27 PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE TRANSI- 28 TION AID OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, AS CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE 29 PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT 30 HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW, TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH 31 HAVE RESIDENT PUPILS ATTENDING CHARTER SCHOOLS TO LESSEN THE FINANCIAL 32 IMPACT ON THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. 33 3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR SUCH TRANSITION AID 34 TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN A CHAR- 35 TER SCHOOL. 36 4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF 37 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER 38 OF TAXATION AND FINANCE. 39 S 97-KKKK. DISTRESSED SCHOOL DISTRICT GRANT FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY 40 ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND 41 FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "DISTRESSED 42 SCHOOL DISTRICT GRANT FUND". 43 2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO 44 APPROPRIATION FOR THIS PURPOSE, ALL MONEYS TRANSFERRED TO SUCH FUND 45 PURSUANT TO LAW, AND GRANTS, GIFTS AND DEVISES AND DONATIONS FROM ANY 46 PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SOURCE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE GRANTS 47 TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE RESIDENT PUPILS ENROLLED IN CHARTER 48 SCHOOLS TO LESSEN THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. 49 3. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH SEEKS A DISTRESSED SCHOOL DISTRICT GRANT 50 MAY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDS PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES TO BE ESTAB- 51 LISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. 52 4. THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL EVALUATE EACH GRANT APPLICATION 53 ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PERCENTAGE 54 OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PUPILS ENROLLED IN A CHARTER SCHOOL; THE IMPACT 55 OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING ON DISTRICT GENERAL FUND EXPENSE; AND THE 56 RESULTANT LOCAL TAX IMPACT. A. 6107 10 1 5. THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED 2 IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, MAY CERTIFY THAT SUCH SCHOOL 3 DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL SITUATION HAS BECOME DISTRESSED AS THE RESULT OF 4 THE OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL. UPON CERTIFICATION, THE COMPTROLLER 5 SHALL AWARD GRANTS TO THE DISTRESSED DISTRICT IN AN AMOUNT TO MITIGATE 6 SUCH FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF THE AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT ON VOUCHERS 7 APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE. 8 S 10. Subparagraphs (xiii) and (xiv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 9 of section 922 of the real property tax law, as amended by section 5 of 10 part B of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, are amended and a new subpar- 11 agraph (xv) is added to read as follows: 12 (xiii) such other information as may be prescribed by law; [and] 13 (xiv) if, not later than ten days after the filing of the preceding 14 tentative assessment roll, the assessing unit mailed to each owner of 15 taxable real property a notice in a form prescribed by the state board 16 containing the information described by subparagraphs (iii) and (xii) of 17 this paragraph (excluding the taxes due on the parcel and the tax rate 18 for each taxing purpose), the statement of taxes need not include the 19 information prescribed by subparagraph (xii) of this paragraph[.]; AND 20 (XV) A STATEMENT SETTING FORTH THE AMOUNT OF TAXES LEVIED THAT SHALL 21 BE APPLIED OR THAT ARE PROJECTED TO BE APPLIED TO THE PAYMENT OF CHARTER 22 SCHOOLS. 23 S 11. Subdivision 1 of section 1338 of the real property tax law, as 24 added by chapter 953 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: 25 1. Upon receipt of the tax roll and warrant, the collecting officer 26 shall mail to each owner of property listed thereon, a statement of 27 taxes as provided by law. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT 28 BE LIMITED TO, INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (XV) OF 29 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF 30 THIS CHAPTER. 31 S 12. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 32 the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that the amend- 33 ments to subdivision 1 of section 2856 of the education law made by 34 section six of this act shall not affect the expiration of such subdivi- 35 sion and shall expire therewith.