New York Laws
Article 56 - Charter Schools
2850 - Short Title; Purpose.

(a) Improve student learning and achievement;
(b) Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special
emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at-risk
of academic failure;
(c) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods;
(d) Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school
administrators and other school personnel;
(e) Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of
educational opportunities that are available within the public school
system; and
(f) Provide schools with a method to change from rule-based to
performance-based accountability systems by holding the schools
established under this article accountable for meeting measurable
student achievement results.