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A07257 Summary:

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Relates to charter schools; clarifies the transparency and accountability of charter schools and provides fiscal relief to the school districts where charter schools are located.

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BILL NOA07257 

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03/21/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7257

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to charter schools

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. New York's charter school law was
 2 enacted 14 years ago in an effort to create new learning opportunities
 3 for all students, to encourage different and innovative teaching methods
 4 and to provide parents and students with expanded choice within the
 5 public schools. Fourteen years provides the state with enough informa-
 6 tion to make judgments about changes that are needed in the law to
 7 ensure the public knows how their tax dollars are being spent and to
 8 ensure public schools serving the majority of students have the
 9 resources needed to provide a quality education to all students. This
 10 legislation is intended to clarify the transparency and accountability
 11 of charter schools and provide fiscal relief to the school districts
 12 where charter schools are located.
 13 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2851 of the education law, as amended by
 14 chapter 101 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 15 1. An application to establish a charter school may be submitted by
 16 teachers, parents, school administrators, community residents or any
 17 combination thereof. Such application may be filed in conjunction with
 18 a college, university, museum, educational institution, not-for-profit
 19 corporation exempt from taxation under paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of
 20 section 501 of the internal revenue code [or for-profit business or
 21 corporate entity authorized to do business in New York state. Provided
 22 however, for-profit business or corporate entities shall not be eligible
 23 to submit an application to establish a charter school pursuant to
 24 subdivision nine-a of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this
 25 article, or operate or manage a charter school for a charter issued
 26 pursuant to subdivision nine-a of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10426-01-5

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 1 of this article. For charter schools established in conjunction with a
 2 for-profit business or corporate entity, the charter shall specify the
 3 extent of the entity's participation in the management and operation of
 4 the school], and provided that under no circumstances shall an applica-
 5 tion to establish a charter school or approval to operate a charter
 6 school be granted to a for-profit business or corporate entity author-
 7 ized to do business in this state nor in any manner whatsoever shall
 8 they have an involvement in the management and operation of a charter
 9 school. The application shall include the amount of any management fee
 10 to be paid to any not-for-profit corporation working in conjunction with
 11 the applicants. Salaries of the employees of such not-for-profit corpo-
 12 ration may not exceed the salaries for comparable positions in the
 13 school district of location.
 14 § 3. Paragraphs (d), (h), (p) and (v) of subdivision 2 of section 2851
 15 of the education law, paragraphs (d) and (h) as added by chapter 4 of
 16 the laws of 1998 and paragraphs (p) and (v) as amended by chapter 101 of
 17 the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
 18 (d) Admission policies and procedures for the school, which shall be
 19 consistent with the requirements