A 6356 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to admission to charter schools

Summary

Requires parents of a child who qualifies for admission to a public school building in good standing with the department to provide a justification and educational-based reasoning to the superintendent of such school building prior to submitting an application to admission at a charter school.

Issues: ✗ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Mar 3, 2026

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A6356 → A6356A · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill amendment adds a new requirement for charter schools to admit students from public schools in good standing. Parents must now provide educational-based justifications for their children's admission to charter schools, and a meeting between the parent and school district must occur before admission. The requirement does not apply to public schools in cities with populations of one million or more.

Scope change

The bill now applies to charter schools admitting students from public school buildings in good standing with the department, with an exemption for public schools located in cities with populations of one million or more.

REQUIREMENT

New requirement that parents must provide educational-based justifications for charter school admission when their child is qualified for a public school building in good standing.

New requirement that a scheduled meeting between the parent and school district must occur upon receipt of the justification document before a charter school can admit the student.

New requirement that the department must create and distribute a document to help parents provide justifications and educational-based reasons for charter school admission.

SCOPE

Added exemption from the new requirements for public school buildings located in cities with a population of one million or more.

TECHNICAL

Minor grammatical change from 'provide' to 'provides' for subject-verb agreement.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6356A

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors