New York S 522: Relates to applications for charter schools

Status: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 522

Sponsors: Shelley Mayer

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Relates to requirements for applications for charter schools.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 522

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 requirements for
 applications for charter schools

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 2852 of the
 2 education law, as amended by section 4-a of part A of chapter 56 of the
 3 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (d) in a school district where the total enrollment of resident
 5 students attending charter schools in the base year is greater than five
 6 percent of the total public school enrollment of the school district in
 7 the base year (i) granting the application would have a significant
 8 educational benefit to the students expected to attend the proposed
 9 charter school [or] and (ii) the school district or in a city having a
 10 population of one million or more inhabitants, the community school
 11 district in which the charter school will be located consents to such
 12 application; and
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01377-01-5

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