Bill > A3108

Introduced Session

This bill modifies the selection process for student enrollment in a charter school. Under the bill, students will be selected for enrollment through a lottery. The name of each student who is enrolled in the charter school district of residence will be placed in the lottery. If the parent or guardian of a student who is selected through the lottery decides not to enroll the student, the charter school will fill that enrollment space with a student from the school's waiting list. Under current law, a random selection process for charter school enrollment is used only if there are more applicants than there are openings in the charter school. In addition, the bill requires that a charter school's admission policy seek the enrollment of the student demographics of the charter school district of residence, including race, ethnicity, eligibility for the federal free lunch program and reduced price lunch program, limited English proficient students, special education services students in respective special education classifications, and other appropriate academic factors. The bill requires a charter school to file with the Commissioner of Education and its district of residence a report on the school's student enrollment demographics by October 15 of each year. The report is to be posted on the websites of the Department of Education, the charter school, and the charter school district of residence. Lastly, the bill requires a charter school to maintain a waiting list for admission and to annually submit the number and demographics of students on the waiting list to the commissioner. The Department of Education and the charter school will post the number on their websites.

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Craig Coughlin (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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