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school should be seeking when—are detailed in the Practices, Policies and Procedures for the Renewal of Charter Schools Authorized by the State University Board of Trustees (the Renewal Practices) and in the appropriate applications forms themselves. The following provides a general overview for easy reference.
- Short-Term Planning Year Renewal
This renewal takes into account that a school that takes one or two planning years before opening come to renewal with limited operational, financial, and academic performance data. Short-Term Planning Year Renewal allows a school that took one or more planning years to get renewed for the same number of years (thus it is short-term). The Institute now advises eligible applicants to apply for this kind of renewal during the spring prior to their opening date. In this way, even before they begin operation, they get this renewal process out of the way and have a full four years to operate before having to think about renewal in the fifth year of operation.
- Short-Term Renewal
This is a renewal for less than five years, usually two. The State University grants this renewal when a school has not shown during its initial renewal that it has been a complete success (based on students’ test scores) but when there are indicators that it will be successful in the future.
- Full-Term Renewal
This is a renewal for the full-term of five years. It is available to schools that have a demonstrated track record of success during the previous charter period, including a strong record of student achievement on standardized tests.
- Early Renewal
This type of renewal is for schools that have a highly successful track record of student achievement after only three years of operation. Where a school has that kind of renewal, it can apply for a Full-Term Renewal in the fall of its fourth year. In this way, it would have a full five years before coming to renewal again. Schools can continue to apply for Early Renewal after every three full years of operation, thus building up eventually far more than five years of operation before facing renewal again. Early Renewal is a reward for excellence, and only excellent schools should consider applying for it.
- Renewal with Conditions
Where a school has a material deficiency organizationally, legally, financially—but otherwise deserves to be renewed—the State University Trustees have the option of renewing a school but imposing specific conditions that would bring the school quickly into compliance or erase the deficiency at issue.
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