Bill Text: NY A08302 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires charter schools to provide notice of probationary status or received remedial action plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-29 - held for consideration in education [A08302 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08302-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8302
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   December 6, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to parental notification
         when charter schools are placed on probation  or  receive  a  remedial
         action plan
         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 2855-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 2855-A. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION. 1.  PARENTS  OR  LEGAL  GUARDIANS  OF
    4  CHILDREN  WHO  ARE  ENROLLED  IN CHARTER SCHOOLS OR WHOM THE SCHOOLS ARE
    5  ATTEMPTING TO RECRUIT SHALL BE NOTIFIED WHEN SUCH SCHOOLS MAY BE  PLACED
    6  ON  PROBATION  OR RECEIVE A REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN FROM THE CHARTER ENTITY
    7  OR REGENTS.
    8    2. THE TERM "CHARTER SCHOOL" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
    9  THIS CHAPTER.
   10    3. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE GRANTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL  NOTICE  OF
   11  SUCH A SCHOOL'S STATUS.
   12    4.  AS  SCHOOLS PROVIDE NOTICE, THEY SHALL DISCLOSE THEIR PROBATIONARY
   13  STATUS AND REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN TO REMAIN OPEN.
   14    5. SUCH PROVIDED NOTICE SHALL BE WRITTEN AND SENT VIA POSTAL  MAIL  TO
   15  THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS. IN THE EVENT OF DUAL CUSTODY SITUATIONS,
   16  THE  SCHOOLS  SHALL  PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  BOTH PARENTS IF THEIR
   17  ADDRESSES ARE ON FILE WITH THE SCHOOL.
   18    6. SCHOOLS SHALL ALSO DISCLOSE THEIR PROBATIONARY STATUS IN A DATABASE
   19  THAT SHALL BE UPDATED EVERY TWO WEEKS. IN THIS DATABASE, CHARTER SCHOOLS
   20  SHALL DISCLOSE ANY PROBATIONARY STATUS AND REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13121-01-3