New York S 6800: Removes the board of trustees of the state university of New York as a charter entity; repealer

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S06800 Summary:

BILL NOS06800 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07115

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRGONZALEZ, RAMOS, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2851, 2852, 2853, 2855 & 2857, rpld §2851 sub 5, §355 sub 2-a, Ed L

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Removes the board of trustees of the state university of New York as a charter entity.

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BILL NOS06800 

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6800

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, GONZALEZ, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- 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 charter entities; and
 to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2851 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 101 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. An applicant shall submit the application to a charter entity for
 5 approval. For purposes of this article, a charter entity shall be:
 6 (a) The board of education of a school district eligible for an appor-
 7 tionment of aid under subdivision four of section thirty-six hundred two
 8 of this chapter, provided that a board of education shall not approve an
 9 application for a school to be operated outside the school district's
 10 geographic boundaries and further provided that in a city having a popu-
 11 lation of one million or more, the chancellor of any such city school
 12 district shall be the charter entity established by this paragraph; or
 13 (b) [The board of trustees of the state university of New York; or
 14 (c)] The board of regents.
 15 The board of regents shall be the only entity authorized to issue a
 16 charter pursuant to this article. Notwithstanding any provision of this
 17 subdivision to the contrary, an application for the conversion of an
 18 existing public school to a charter school shall be submitted to, and
 19 may only be approved by, the charter entity set forth in paragraph (a)
 20 of this subdivision. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the
 21 contrary, any such application for conversion shall be consistent with
 22 this section but shall not be subject to the process pursuant to subdi-
 23 vision nine-a of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this article,
 24 and the charter entity shall require that the parents or guardians of a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11070-01-5

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 1 majority of the students then enrolled in the existing public school
 2 vote in favor of converting the school to a charter school.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 2851 of the education law is REPEALED.
 4 § 3. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 2851 of the education
 5 law, as added by chapter 101 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 (e) The means by which the charter school will meet or exceed enroll-
 8 ment and retention targets as prescribed by the board of regents [or the
 9 board of trustees of the state university of New York, as applicable,]
 10 of students with disabilities, English language learners, and students
 11 who are eligible applicants for the free and reduced price lunch program
 12 which shall be considered by the charter entity prior to approving such
 13 charter school's application for renewal. When developing such targets,
 14 the board of regents [and the board of trustees of the state university
 15 of New York] shall ensure (1) that such enrollment targets are compara-
 16 ble to the enrollment figures of such categories of students attending
 17 the public schools within the school district, or in a city school
 18 district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabit-
 19 ants, the community school district, in which the charter school is
 20 located; and (2) that s