Updated! 5/14/13

Preliminary Proposal Summaries and Redacted Proposals Available

Please click the Active Proposals page to view the proposal summaries and redacted copies of the proposals under active consideration in response to the Preliminary September 2013 Request for Proposals.

4/15/13

Preliminary Proposal Public List Updated

The Board of Trustees of the State University of New York (the “SUNY Trustees”), in its capacity as a charter authorizer, has received Preliminary Proposals in response to the Preliminary September 2013 SUNY Request for Proposals.  The SUNY Charter Schools Institute (the "Institute") set the deadline for receipt of these Preliminary Proposals at 12:00 pm, April 15, 2013.

The Public List indicates only receipt of a Preliminary Proposal.  A proposed school’s appearance on the list does not indicate that the SUNY Trustees have approved or will approve the proposed new school. 

Note that applicants who participate in this process must submit a final proposal in response to the final September 2013 Request for Proposals that the Institute will release on September 3 to be eligible to receive the Institute’s recommendation to the SUNY Board of Trustees Charter Schools Committee for approval of a new charter school. 

All information listed was reported by applicants at the time of submission, and is subject to change based on further information.  

Previously Posted Information about the 2013 RFP

3/1/13

Accepted Letter of Intent Public List Available Now

The Board of Trustees of the State University of New York (the “SUNY Trustees”), in its capacity as a charter authorizer, has received Letters of Intent to submit a Preliminary Proposal in response to the Preliminary September 2013 SUNY Request for Proposals.  The SUNY Charter Schools Institute set the deadline for receipt of these Letters of Intent at 5:00 pm, February 19, 2013.

The Letters of Intent for the proposed schools on the list have been accepted by the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, having sufficiently addressed the requirements set forth in Section B of the Preliminary RFP.  A proposed school’s appearance on the list does not indicate that the SUNY Trustees have approved or will approve the proposed new school. 

All information listed was reported by applicants at the time of submission, and is subject to change based on further information. 

2/11/13

SUNY Releases its Preliminary September 2013 SUNY Request for Proposals to Establish New York State Charter Schools

At right, please find the critical applicant documents:

• The Preliminary RFP
• The Applicant Guidance Handbook

The Response to Public Comments can be found here.  All comments were reviewed by Institute staff, and changes were made to the RFP based on the feedback received.  The Institute thanks all who participated in the open comment process.

2/5/13

Important note regarding the 2013 Letter of Intent

The Institute has set February 18, 2013 as the due date for Letters of Intent to submit a preliminary proposal as part of the Preliminary September 2013 SUNY Request for Proposals review process. Because February 18 falls on a federal holiday, the Institute must receive all Letters of Intent by February 19, 2013.

SUNY to Host a Question/Answer Webinar on February 12, 2013.

SUNY will host a webinar for applicants seeking to open a new charter school from 4:30-6:00 on February 12, 2013.  The goal of the webinar is to provide a basic overview of the RFP, Business Plan and the preliminary review process, and to answer questions for applicants interested in submitting a proposal to open a new charter school through SUNY.  Interested participants should register by e-mail to sean.fitzsimons@suny.edu with the participant name, e-mail address, proposed school name (if known) and relation to the proposed school (e.g. lead applicant, management organization representative, etc.) Participants will receive instructions at least one day prior to the webinar.  Registration closes on February 11.

Final materials from the webinar can be found here, or at the link listed above under Critical Applicant Documents.

1/24/13

SUNY to Host a Public Comment Webinar on January 28, 2013.

Please click here for more details.

1/15/13

SUNY Releases its DRAFT September 2013 SUNY Request for Proposals to Establish New York State Charter Schools for Public Comment

Download the DRAFT September 2013  Request for Proposals to Establish New York State Charter Schools

The Institute encourages all potential applicants to read the "Important Notes for Prospective September 2013 Request for Proposals Applicants" memo prior to submitting public comment or preliminary proposals.

Download the "Important Notes for Prospective September 2013 Request for Proposals Applicants" document here.

• The May 2010 amendments to the Charter Schools Act of 1998 require New York's charter authorizers to now accept applications to establish new charter schools by way of a Request for Proposal process. The statute mandates that a draft RFP be issued and public comments sought prior to issuing the RFP in final on September 1, 2013 (effectively September 3 as the 1st falls on a weekend).

 

• We welcome your comments. Also, please feel free to share the draft document broadly and/or to post the electronic version on your website. The Institute will accept comments via email to: charters@suny.edu and via mail to: SUNY Charter Schools Institute, 41 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, New York 12207, through 5 p.m. on February 1, 2013. The Institute will also host a meeting via video-conference on January 28, 2013.  Details about the meeting locations will be posted on this webpage above shortly.

Please find the Draft 2013 SUNY RFP Guidance Handbook here

The Institute provides this document to assist applicants in completing the September 2013 Requests for Proposals to Establish New York State Charter Schools (the “RFP”). The contents of this Guidance Handbook may be amended to account for any changes to the RFP following the public comment period.

Please find documents and resources from past RFP cycles here.