Bill Text: NY A01542 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2018-01-26 - print number 1542a [A01542 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1542
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
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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
        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-m
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 409-m. 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.
    18    2. Nothing in this section shall limit the commissioner's authority to
    19  require  additional  documentation  from  non-public  schools  as deemed
    20  necessary.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    3. On or before December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  eighteen,  all
     2  non-public  schools  that currently have a Basis Educational Data System
     3  (BEDS) code regardless of when it was first  issued  shall  provide  the
     4  valid copies of the items pursuant to subdivision one of this section to
     5  the  department.  A failure to provide these documents by December thir-
     6  ty-first, two thousand eighteen will result  in  reimbursements  to  the
     7  non-public school being withheld and if not received within ninety days,
     8  at the discretion of the commissioner, can result in a revocation of the
     9  school's  Basis  Educational  Data System (BEDS) code, provided that the
    10  non-public school is afforded the right to be heard by the commissioner.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.