{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-2850","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 2850","heading":"Short title; purpose","body":"§ 2850. Short title; purpose. 1. This article shall be known and may\nbe cited as the \"New York charter schools act of nineteen hundred\nninety-eight\".\n  2. The purpose of this article is to authorize a system of charter\nschools to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, and community\nmembers to establish and maintain schools that operate independently of\nexisting schools and school districts in order to accomplish the\nfollowing objectives:\n  (a) Improve student learning and achievement;\n  (b) Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special\nemphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at-risk\nof academic failure;\n  (c) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods;\n  (d) Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school\nadministrators and other school personnel;\n  (e) Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of\neducational opportunities that are available within the public school\nsystem; and\n  (f) Provide schools with a method to change from rule-based to\nperformance-based accountability systems by holding the schools\nestablished under this article accountable for meeting measurable\nstudent achievement results.","path":["Education Law","Title 2. School District Organization","Article 56. Charter Schools"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/2850","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"0f17c72aa35b11dbef640df6e5f6094f74b6e858f513ae46fb09c1d191408f50","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-2814","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-2851"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}