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Requires charter schools to provide notice of probatory status or received remedial action plan
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Joseph Lentol
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BILL NUMBER:S5998
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to parental notification when charter schools are placed on probation or receive a remedial action plan
Purpose or general idea of bill
Requires charter schools to provide notice to parents of their probatory status or received remedial action plan.
Summary of specific provisions
The Education law is a mended by adding a new section 2855-a.
Justification
The legislation will require a charter school on probation to disclose that they are under probation and are currently following a remedial action plan to remain open. The legislation was sparked by recent incidents involving Citizens of the World Charter School. The school continued to recruit parents after they had been placed on probation without providing any notification.
Clearly, non-notification is a purposeful omission of important information by the school. When charter schools attempt to recruit parents without informing them that their school is on probation, they are potentially jeopardizing the future of these families, if they do in fact enroll and the school is closed shortly thereafter. Students could potentially be left with no school to go to, especially if a school closes and the public school they left is now at capacity.
Families should be able to make informed decisions, and this legislation will certainly assist the process.
Prior legislative history
New for 2013-14.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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