2012 Charter School Application Cycle : Starting a Charter School : Charter Schools : OISM : P-12 : NYSED

Starting a Charter School

2012 RFP Round 2 Application Information

NYSED 2012 Charter School Application Kit (492 KB)

NYSED 2012 Charter School Budget Templates (14 KB)

School Trustee Background Information Sheet (50 KB) (86 KB)

2012 Charter School Application Frequently Asked Questions (Feb. 22, 2012) (243 KB)

Additional questions about the application materials and review process may be submitted to charterschools@mail.nysed.gov. Questions and responses will be added to the Question/Answer document and posted at this site.

2012 Round Two Submission Deadlines

Letters of Intent: June 25

Full Applications: July 18

Letters of Intent to Apply may be submitted between now and 5:00 p.m. on June 25, 2012

To apply, applicants are encouraged to use our online portal. Register to setup your account and prepare your online submission at http://nysed-cso.myreviewroom.com

Applicants may submit via email to our electronic mailbox at:

charterschools@mail.nysed.gov as directed on pages 16-17 in the 2012 RFP and Application Kit. (Applicants submitting via email may be contacted after submission to upload their completed Letter of Intent through the online portal)

Webinar June 1, 2012 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m.: General Information and Updated Submission Protocol: This session will provide an overview of the 2012 Request for Proposal (Round 2) process. Updated information about the submission process for the Letter or Intent and Full Application will be presented. Please register by COB May 31, 2012. To register click here.

2012 Call for Volunteer Peer Reviewers - Round 2

2012 RFP Round 1 Application Information

NYSED Accepts 13 Charter School Applications for 2012 Round 1 Review

2012 RFP Round 1 Full Applications - Accepted for Review (39 KB)

In the New York State Education Department 2012 Request for Proposal (Round 1), thirteen Full Applications to open new charter schools were accepted for review and peer evaluation. After full review by panels of expert reviewers, those applications that are found to fully meet the criteria set forth in NYSED 2012 Charter School Application Kit will advance forward for capacity interviews with the applicants and proposed founding trustees. At the conclusion of this comprehensive evaluation process, recommendations will be made by Department senior staff to the Board of Regents for action at the June 18-19 meeting, and schools that are issued a charter will begin to serve students in the 2013-2014 school year.

Nine Round 1 applications are for schools to be located in New York City: four in the Bronx, three in Brooklyn and two in Manhattan. In addition, there is one application for schools located in each of the following school districts: East Ramapo Central School District, Riverhead Central School District, Utica City School District, and Yonkers Public Schools.

Six of the proposed schools are middle/high schools, three are middle schools and four would serve students in grades K-5.

Additional applications will be accepted in Request for Proposal Round 2, which begins with a Letter of Intent submission deadline of June 25. All schools that are chartered in either round will be authorized to open in the 2013-2014 school year.

Brilla College Prep Public Charter School

Full Application (37 MB)

Proposed Budget (324 KB)

Brooklyn World Community Charter School

Withdrawn (4/2/2012)

Full Application (6 MB)

Proposed Budget (284 KB)

Champion Charter School

Withdrawn (4/5/2012)

Full Application (21 MB)

Proposed Budget (268 KB)

Great Oaks Charter School