New York A 6356: Relates to admission to charter schools

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A06356 Summary:

BILL NOA06356A

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SPONSORGriffin

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Requires parents of a child who qualifies for admission to a public school building in good standing with the department to provide a justification and educational-based reasoning to the superintendent of such school building prior to submitting an application to admission at a charter school.

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BILL NOA06356A

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03/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

03/03/2026amend and recommit to education

03/03/2026print number 6356a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6356--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission to 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) of subdivision 2 of section 2854 of the
 2 education law, as amended by section 3 of subpart A of part B of chapter
 3 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) [Any] (i) In cities with a population of one million or more, any
 5 child who is qualified under the laws of this state for admission to a
 6 public school is qualified for admission to a charter school.
 7 (ii) Any child who is qualified under the laws of this state for
 8 admission to a public school building not in good standing with the
 9 department is qualified for admission to a charter school.
 10 (iii) Any child who is qualified under the laws of this state for
 11 admission to a public school building in good standing with the depart-
 12 ment is not qualified for admission to a charter school unless a parent
 13 in a parental relationship with such child provides a justification and
 14 educational-based reasoning to the superintendent of the public school
 15 district which such school building is located in. The department shall
 16 create a document to help a parent in a parental relationship with a
 17 child provide such justifications and educational-based reasons and
 18 distribute such document to all public school buildings in good standing
 19 with the department. Upon receipt of such document by the superinten-
 20 dent, a scheduled meeting between the parent and school district shall
 21 take place. No charter school shall admit a student from a public
 22 school building in good standing with the department until the justi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06847-02-6

 A. 6356--A 2

 1 fication and educational-based reasoning document has been submitted to
 2 the superintendent of such public school district pursuant to this
 3 subparagraph. This subparagraph shall not apply to school buildings in
 4 good standing with the department which are located in cities with a
 5 population of one million or more.
 6 (b-1) Applications for admission to a charter school shall be submit-
 7 ted on a uniform application form created by the department and shall be
 8 made available by a charter school in languages predominately spoken in
 9 the community in which such charter school is located. The school shall
 10 enroll each eligible student who submits a timely application by the
 11 first day of April each year, unless the number of applications exceeds
 12 the capacity of the grade level or building. In such cases, students
 13 shall be accepted from among applicants by a random selection process,
 14 provided, however, that an enrollment preference shall be provided to
 15 pupils returning to the charter school in the second or any subsequent
 16 year of operation and pupils residing in the school district in which
 17 the charter school is located, and s