Application Kit

How to Apply to open a NYS Charter School

 SUNY Receives 8 New School Applications as
            Part of its Summer 2009 Application Cycle

• Click here to see the Public List with details on the newly submitted applications.
  
  

• Click here to see the timeline for the Summer 2009 Application Cycle (for applications submitted on May 4, 2009.

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                           Download the 6th edition of the Institute's

                                     Application Kit in its Entirety Today!

The Institute's Charter School Application Kit (6th Edition) is to be used by all those interested in applying to the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York to open a charter school.  (Download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat™ to use this interactive .pdf file.)

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In addition to appearing in the above interactive .pdf file, quick links to the Application Kit's Appendices appear below for your convenience:

Appendix A:

New York Charter Schools Act of 1998 revised to include
most recent changes;

Appendix B:

Updated SUNY Curriculum Framework Template;

Appendix C:

SUNY Accountability Plan Guidelines;

Appendix D:

SUNY Charter Renewal Benchmarks;

Appendix E:

Updated SUNY Request for Information From Prospective
Charter School Board Members (RFI Form);

Appendix F:

Sample Start-Up Budgets;

Appendix G:
"Questions and Answers Regarding the Financing of Charter Schools," a document prepared by the New York State Education Department.

Appendix H:

Federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) Planning and Implementation
Grant Application

Appendix I:
A Model Initial Charter

• A comprehensive public list of all new school applications received by the Charter Schools Institute, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York is updated regularly. 

New!
Summer 2009: Public List

Winter 2009: Public List

Summer 2008: Public List

Winter 2008:  Public List  

Summer 2007: Public List

 

• 5/13/08, Institute Press Release:

  SUNY approves five new NYC
  area charter schools.
  
  
• 1/15/08, Institute Press Release:

SUNY approves new charter school in Brooklyn.

• 10/26/07, Institute Press Release:

SUNY approves the state's first new charter applications since the July 2007 cap increase.

• View the New York Charter Schools Act of 1998, including the changes made on April 1, 2007. Do you want to see specifically what changes were made? This version of the document tracks the changes.