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Home/Bills/S 4374New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 4374: Prohibits co-location of a charter school in a public school building in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What S 4374 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill aims to prohibit the co-location of charter schools in public school buildings within city school districts in cities with a population of one million or more inhabitants. This means that charter schools will no longer be allowed to share facilities with traditional public schools in these large cities. The changes will take effect on July 1st of the following year after the bill is passed.

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Last action: REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION
Feb. 04, 2025REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 238 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4374 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting co-loca- tion of a charter school in a public school building in a city school district in a city having a population of one million or more inhabit- ants; and to repeal certain provisions of the education law related thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a-3), (a-4), (a-5), (d) and (e) of subdivision 2 3 of section 2853 of the education law are REPEALED and a new paragraph 3 (d) is added to read as follows: 4 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no 5 charter school shall be co-located in a public school building in a city 6 school district in a city having a population of one million or more 7 inhabitants. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 9 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05851-01-5 
Text of S 4374 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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