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A10622 Summary:

BILL NOA10622 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORO'Pharrow

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COSPNSRGiglio, Ramos

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2851 & 2852, Ed L

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Establishes the board of regents as the primary vetting and oversight authority of charter schools; requires all charter schools to be approved by a majority vote of the registered voters of the school district in which the charter school is proposed to operate.

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BILL NOA10622 

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03/13/2026referred to education

03/24/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10622

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW, GIGLIO, RAMOS -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the board
 of regents as the primary charter school vetting and oversight author-
 ity

 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] serve as the primary statewide authority responsible for
 17 vetting charter school applications and ensuring compliance with the
 18 educational, governance, financial, and community impact standards
 19 established pursuant to this article.
 20 The board of trustees of the state university of New York shall no
 21 longer serve as a charter entity or charter authorizer under this arti-
 22 cle.
 23 The board of regents shall be the only entity authorized to issue a
 24 charter pursuant to this article.
 25 Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision to the contrary, an
 26 application for the conversion of an existing public school to a charter
 27 school shall be submitted to, and may only be approved by, the charter

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15211-01-6

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 1 entity set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision. Notwithstanding
 2 any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any such application for
 3 conversion shall be consistent with this section but shall not be
 4 subject to the process pursuant to subdivision nine-a of section twen-
 5 ty-eight hundred fifty-two of this article, and the charter entity shall
 6 require that the parents or guardians of a majority of the students then
 7 enrolled in the existing public school vote in favor of converting the
 8 school to a charter school. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
 9 contrary, no charter school approved pursuant to this subdivision shall
 10 receive or be eligible to receive any school district funds unless such
 11 charter school has first been approved by a majority vote of the regis-
 12 tered voters of the school district in which the charter school is
 13 proposed to operate. Such vote shall occur at the next scheduled school
 14 district budget vote or at a special election called for such purpose.
 15 If a majority of voters casting ballots vote in favor of the charter
 16 school, the school district shall be authorized to distribute public
 17 education funds to such charter school pursuant to th