S 1423: Clarifies what buildings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the location of charter schools by describing an existing public school building as being a building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied but designated for potential school use.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1423 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIU -- 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 clarifying what build- ings constitute an existing public school building for purposes of the location of charter schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 2853 of the 2 education law, as amended by chapter 101 of the laws of 2010, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (a) A charter school may be located in part of an existing public 5 school building, in space provided on a private work site, in a public 6 building or in any other suitable location. Provided, however, before a 7 charter school may be located in part of an existing public school 8 building, the charter entity shall provide notice to the parents or 9 guardians of the students then enrolled in the existing school building 10 and shall hold a public hearing for purposes of discussing the location 11 of the charter school. A charter school may own, lease or rent its 12 space. For purposes of this subdivision, an existing public school 13 building means a building that is currently occupied or is unoccupied 14 but designated for potential public school use. 15 §2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04374-01-5