Bill Text: NY S06756 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6756

Introduced

Bill Title: Clarifies what buildings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the location of charter schools by describing an existing public school building as being a building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied but designated for potential school use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06756-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6756

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  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 clarifying what build-
          ings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the
          location of charter schools

          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. For purposes of  this  subdivision,  an  existing  public  school
    13  building  means  a  building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied
    14  but designated for potential public school use.
    15    §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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