Bill Text: NY A04134 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for uniform land use review procedure to apply to the locating of any charter schools in New York city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A04134 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04134-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4134
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 29, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, WRIGHT, ROBINSON, PERRY -- Multi-Spon-
         sored  by  --  M.  of A.   MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  charter  school
         locations in New York city
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  3  of  section  2853  of  the
    2  education law, as amended by chapter 101 of the laws of 2010, is amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (a)  A  charter  school  may  be located in part of an existing public
    5  school building, in space provided on a private work site, in  a  public
    6  building  or in any other suitable location. Provided, however, before a
    7  charter school may be located in  part  of  an  existing  public  school
    8  building,  the  charter  entity  shall  provide notice to the parents or
    9  guardians of the students then enrolled in the existing school  building
   10  and  shall hold a public hearing for purposes of discussing the location
   11  of the charter school. A charter school  may  own,  lease  or  rent  its
   12  space.  PROVIDED  FURTHER,  HOWEVER, THAT BEFORE A CHARTER SCHOOL MAY BE
   13  LOCATED IN PART OF AN EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE CITY OF NEW  YORK,
   14  OR  IN  ANY  OTHER REAL PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THERE SHALL BE
   15  FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  NINETY-SEV-
   16  EN-C  OF  THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER, RELATING TO UNIFORM LAND USE REVIEW
   17  PROCEDURE, OR THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LOCAL LAW OF THE CITY  OF  NEW
   18  YORK RELATING THERETO.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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