New York A 6902: Prohibits the establishment of new charter schools in certain areas

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A06902 Summary:

BILL NOA06902 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05987

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SPONSORBurroughs

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COSPNSRLavine, Solages, Schiavoni, Ramos, Stern, Smith, Durso, Mikulin, Weprin, Levenberg, Kassay, Romero,
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Prohibits the establishment of new charter schools, or the revision of any charter in, or within a five mile radius of, the Hempstead union free school district, the Uniondale union free school district, or the Roosevelt union free school district.

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BILL NOA06902 

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03/18/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6902

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BURROUGHS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT in relation to prohibiting the establishment of new charter
 schools in certain areas

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of this act to address
 2 the oversaturation of charter schools in the Hempstead, Roosevelt and
 3 Uniondale communities. Charter schools were first authorized in New York
 4 State in 1998 and were designed to provide parents and students with
 5 additional educational opportunities. In the three decades since enact-
 6 ment, there has been an increase of charter schools in certain communi-
 7 ties. The method for funding charter schools from public school district
 8 budgets creates a disparity for public schools and impacts their ability
 9 to maintain programs and services. Funds from public school district
 10 budgets are used to pay tuition for students attending charter schools.
 11 Multiple charter schools located within a radius of a public school
 12 district results in reduced funds in the public school district's budg-
 13 et, thereby creating fiscal challenges for the impacted districts. It
 14 is the intent of the legislature to help impacted school districts by
 15 enacting a moratorium on any additional charter school sitings or expan-
 16 sions within the five-mile radius of Hempstead, Roosevelt and Uniondale
 17 school buildings.
 18 Furthermore, these challenges have been particularly intractable for
 19 certain school districts in Nassau County, including the Hempstead Union
 20 Free School District, the Uniondale Union Free School District and the
 21 Roosevelt Union Free School District. Such districts contain an
 22 increased number of charter schools, with at least ten physical campuses
 23 between the three school districts. For example, in academic year 2024-
 24 2025, approximately $115 million from these three districts was given to
 25 charter schools. Additionally, in academic year 2024-2025, student

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10117-05-5

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 1 attendance at charter schools was 34% at Hempstead Union Free School
 2 District, 17% at Roosevelt Union Free School District and 13% at Union-
 3 dale Union Free School District. It is difficult for such school
 4 districts to cover the budget gaps created by this loss of funding with-
 5 out fiscal relief.
 6 § 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the
 7 contrary, no application to establish a charter school submitted pursu-
 8 ant to section twenty-eight hundred fifty-one of the education law shall
 9 be approved by any charter entity if such proposed charter school would
 10 operate in the Hempstead Union Free School District, the Uniondale Union
 11 Free School District, or the Roosevelt Union Free School District or in
 12 any part of any other school district within a five mile radius of the
 13 Hempstead Union Free School District, the Uniondale Union Free School
 14 District, or the Roosevelt Union Free School District.
 15 A charter that has been surrendered, revoked, or terminated pursuant
 16 to section twenty-eight hundred fifty-five of the education law that
 17 operated in the Hempstead Union Free School Distri