Bill Text: NY S02874 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the housing of grades at charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02874 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02874-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2874
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 24, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SMITH  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the housing of  grades
         at charter schools
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 1 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    (b-1)  An  education  corporation  operating a charter school shall be
    5  authorized to operate more than one school or house any  grade  at  more
    6  than  one  site,  provided  that  a charter must be issued for each such
    7  additional school or site in accordance with the  requirements  for  the
    8  issuance  of a charter pursuant to this article and that each such addi-
    9  tional school or site shall count as a charter issued pursuant to subdi-
   10  vision nine of section twenty eight hundred fifty-two of this article [;
   11  and provided further that:
   12    (A) a]. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER,  APPROVAL
   13  OF  REVISIONS  TO A CHARTER OR CHARTERS TO AUTHORIZE AN EDUCATION CORPO-
   14  RATION TO HOUSE ANY GRADE OR GRADES AT MORE THAN ONE SITE, INCLUDING THE
   15  MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF  EXISTING  EDUCATION  CORPORATIONS  OPERATING
   16  CHARTER  SCHOOLS  TO  A  SINGLE  EDUCATION CORPORATION, SHALL BE MADE IN
   17  ACCORDANCE  WITH  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION   SEVEN   OF   SECTION
   18  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIFTY-TWO  OF  THIS  ARTICLE. UPON SUCH MERGER OR
   19  CONSOLIDATION, THE SURVIVING OR CONSOLIDATED EDUCATION CORPORATION, PLUS
   20  ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL SITES, SHALL EACH BE COUNTED AS A CHARTER ISSUED FOR
   21  THE PURPOSES OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED  FIFTY-
   22  TWO  OF  THIS ARTICLE. IF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS
   23  OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN  OF
   24  THE  CIVIL SERVICE LAW THAT MERGES OR CONSOLIDATES WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL
   25  WHOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT MEMBERS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ORGANIZATION,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07225-01-3
       S. 2874                             2
    1  EMPLOYEES OF THE MERGED OR CONSOLIDATED CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL BE  MEMBERS
    2  OF  THE  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTED LIKE POSI-
    3  TIONS, IF ANY, PRIOR TO THE MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION.  A  charter  school
    4  may operate in more than one building at a single site; and
    5    [(B)]  a  charter school which provides instruction to its students at
    6  different locations for a portion of their school day shall be deemed to
    7  be operating at a single site; AND A CHARTER SCHOOL  OPERATING  AT  MORE
    8  THAN  ONE  SITE  BUT  WHICH  HOUSES EACH GRADE AT A SINGLE SITE SHALL BE
    9  DEEMED TO BE OPERATING AT A SINGLE SITE.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   11  have become a law.