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A 3396: Imposes certain conditions on the approval of a charter school application for the conversion of an existing public school to a charter school.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 3396 does, verified January 8, 2026

The proposed law aims to establish a charter school program in New York. An application to convert an existing public school to a charter school will not be approved if the school has a history of egregious or intentional violations of employee rights under the Civil Service Law. This includes interference with or discrimination against employee rights under Article 14 of the Civil Service Law. The law takes effect immediately.

Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3396
What is the current status of A 3396?
As of January 8, 2026, A 3396 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to education".
Did A 3396 pass?
Not yet. A 3396 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 3396, and where is it now?
A 3396 was authored by Asm. Alicia Hyndman. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to education
Jan. 27, 2025referred to education
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 27, 2025 · 247 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3396 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a charter school program 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 is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision or any other law 4 to the contrary, an application for the conversion of an existing public 5 school to a charter school shall not be approved or issued to any school 6 that demonstrates or has demonstrated a practice or pattern of egregious 7 or intentional violation of subdivision one of section two hundred 8 nine-a of the civil service law, as determined by the public employment 9 relations board, involving interference with or discrimination against 10 employee rights under article fourteen of the civil service law, 11 provided, however, nothing herein shall preclude an applicant from 12 submitting an application pursuant to the provisions of this section at 13 any future time. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02054-01-5 
Text of A 3396 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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