Bill Text: NY A02114 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to extending the length of renewals of a public charter school's charter

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A02114 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02114-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2114
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. BENJAMIN, KOLB -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending  the  length
         of renewals of a public charter school's charter
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section  2851  of
    2  the education law, as added by chapter 4 of the laws of 1998, is amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    Charters  may be renewed, upon application, for a term of up to [five]
    5  TEN years in accordance with the provisions  of  this  article  for  the
    6  issuance  of  such  charters  pursuant  to  section twenty-eight hundred
    7  fifty-two of this article; provided, however, that a renewal application
    8  shall include:
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
   10  newly  established  charter  schools or any renewals of existing charter
   11  schools received by the chartering entity, as defined by  subdivision  3
   12  of section 2851 of the education law, on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05358-01-9
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