S 527 NY
Relates to revisions to charter schools
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This bill amends New York's education law to restrict charter school grade expansion starting with charter revisions submitted after June 1, 2026. Charter schools will be prohibited from submitting revisions that would expand the grades they serve in a way that crosses different school classifications. Specifically, charter schools will be limited to serving grade levels within only one school classification, such as elementary school, middle school, or high school, as defined in state regulations. This restriction prevents charter schools from serving multiple distinct school classifications at the same time. The law takes effect immediately.
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Relates to revisions to charter schools that would expand the grades served at such charter schools.
Sponsor (1)
- Shelley Mayer Democratic · primary
9 coauthors / cosponsors
- Jabari Brisport Democratic · cosponsor
- Cordell Cleare Democratic · cosponsor
- Kristen Gonzalez Democratic · cosponsor
- Pete Harckham Democratic · cosponsor
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal · cosponsor
- Robert Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- John Liu Democratic · cosponsor
- Jessica Ramos Democratic · cosponsor
- Julia Salazar Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (4)
- Jan 8, 2025 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · upper
- May 12, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION · upper
- May 12, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 527A · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S00527 Summary: BILL NO S00527A   SAME AS No Same As   SPONSOR MAYER   COSPNSR BRISPORT, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, RAMOS, SALAZAR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §2852, Ed L   Relates to revisions to charter schools that would expand the grades served at such charter schools.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
527--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sens. MAYER, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, JACK- SON, LIU, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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-six, 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. LBD01410-02-6
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