STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7101 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 18, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 approval of charter school applications The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) 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 (e) for applicants [for an initial charter pursuant to paragraph (b-1) 5 of subdivision nine of this section] in a school district located in a 6 city with a population of one million or more, the total enrollment of 7 students attending charter schools within the community district in 8 which the charter school will be located in the base year is less than 9 or equal to fifty-five percent of the total public school enrollment 10 attending within such community district in the base year. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11516-01-3