S 522: Relates to requirements for applications for charter schools.
The proposed legislation aims to amend the education law to establish new requirements for charter schools. The key points of the bill include: The bill modifies the existing education law to require charter schools to demonstrate a significant educational benefit to the students they will serve. In a school district where the total enrollment of resident students attending charter schools exceeds five percent of the total public school enrollment, the district must approve the charter school application if certain conditions are met. These conditions include the school district granting the application or, in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants, the community school district where the charter school will be located consenting to the application. The proposed changes to the education law are intended to ensure that charter schools provide a high-quality education…
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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