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S527 • 2025

Relates to revisions to charter schools

Relates to revisions to charter schools

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Shelley Mayer
Last action
2026-05-12
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relates to revisions to charter schools

Relates to revisions to charter schools Relates to revisions to charter schools that would expand the grades served at such charter schools.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to revisions to charter schools Relates to revisions to charter schools that would expand the grades served at such charter schools.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-12 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

  2. 2026-05-12 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 527A

  3. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  4. 2025-01-08 Senate

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Official Summary Text

Relates to revisions to charter schools
Relates to revisions to charter schools that would expand the grades served at such charter schools.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           527

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. MAYER, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HOYL-
          MAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- 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 revision to charter
          schools

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  2852 of the education law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (C) BEGINNING WITH PROPOSED REVISIONS SUBMITTED TO  A  CHARTER  ENTITY
     4  AFTER  JUNE  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, A CHARTER SCHOOL MAY NOT
     5  SUBMIT A REVISION TO A CHARTER THAT WOULD EXPAND THE GRADES SERVED  THAT
     6  WOULD  CAUSE  THE  SCHOOL TO SERVE GRADES LEVELS IN MORE THAN ONE OF THE
     7  FOLLOWING  SCHOOL  CLASSIFICATIONS;  ELEMENTARY   SCHOOL,   INTERMEDIATE
     8  SCHOOL,  MIDDLE SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, OR HIGH SCHOOL AS DEFINED IN
     9  THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01410-01-5