THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

TO:

The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents

FROM:

Kathy A. Ahearn

COMMITTEE:

Cultural Education

EMSC-VESID

Higher Education and Professional Practice

TITLE OF ITEM:

Summary recommendations with respect to charter applications

DATE OF SUBMISSION:

December 20, 2004

PROPOSED HANDLING:

Approval

RATIONALE FOR ITEM:

Granting of charter applications pursuant to statutory authority

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 2

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY:

 

Attached are summary recommendations with respect to charter applications. A total of 11 charter actions are recommended involving 11 institutions, including 2 museums, 1 historical society, 3 nonpublic schools, and 5 chartered postsecondary institutions.

 

I recommend that the Regents approve each application in accordance with the recommendations contained in the respective summaries.


 

 

l. Cultural Education

 

 

ABSOLUTE CHARTER

 

 

No. 1

 

EDINBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 

Edinburg, Saratoga County

 

A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on November 3, 1995 to operate a historical society. The board of trustees has applied for an absolute charter. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the provisional charter be made absolute.

 

 

PROVISIONAL CHARTERS

 

 

No. 2

 

THE MESERVE-KUNHARDT FOUNDATION

 

Chappaqua, Westchester County

 

The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a museum. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of five years.

 

 

No. 3

 

SHINNECOCK CANAL MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER

 

Hampton Bays, Suffolk County

 

The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a museum. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of five years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regents Meeting

January 10 – 11, 2005

 

 

 

CHARTERS

 

 

 

CULTURAL EDUCATION

 

 

ABSOLUTE CHARTER

 

1.         Edinburg Historical Society, Edinburg

 

 

 

PROVISIONAL CHARTERS

 

 

2.         The Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, Chappaqua

3.         Shinnecock Canal Maritime Heritage Center, Hampton Bays

 

 

 

 


ll. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

 

 

ABSOLUTE CHARTER

 

 

No. 1

 

THE PARKSIDE SCHOOL

 

New York  City, New York County

 

A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on November 21, 1986 to operate a kindergarten and a grades one through eight school specializing in the education of children who have learning difficulties. Such provisional charter was amended by Regents action on March 23, 1990 to add authority to also operate a preschool, an after-school program and a summer school program, and, as so amended, extended and was further amended and extended by Regents action on April 24, 1996. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the provisional charter to delete authorization to conduct a preschool program for children with learning difficulties from three to five years of age, to delete authorization to serve children in grades six through eight with learning difficulties, and to specify that the corporation will conduct “a school age program for children with learning difficulties from kindergarten through fifth grade” and, as so amended, for an absolute charter. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the provisional charter be amended accordingly, and, as so amended, be  made absolute.

 

 

 

AMENDMENT OF CHARTER

 

 

No. 2

 

NEW YORK SECONDARY ASSOCIATION OF SKILLS USA-VICA

 

Albany, Albany County

 

An absolute charter in the first instance was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name “The New York State Association of the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA)” on April 24, 1970 to assist and provide support to students enrolled in trade and industrial education. Such absolute charter was amended by Regents action on March 7, 2000 to change the corporate name to “New York Secondary Association of Skills USA-VICA.” The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to change the corporate name to “The New York Secondary Association of SkillsUSA.” The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the absolute charter be amended accordingly.

 

 

 

 

 

PROVISIONAL CHARTER

 

 

No. 3

 

PRESCHOOL TIMES

 

Batavia, Genesee County

 

The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to  operate a nursery school and/or pre-kindergarten and a child day care center. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of one year.

 

 

 


 

 Regents Meeting

January 10-11, 2005

 

 

CHARTERS

 

 

ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

 

ABSOLUTE CHARTER

 

1.         The Parkside School, New York City

 

 

AMENDMENT OF CHARTER

 

2.         New York Secondary Association Of Skills USA-VICA, Albany

 

 

PROVISIONAL CHARTER

 

 

3.         Preschool Times, Batavia

 

 


 

lll. HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

 

 

AMENDMENT OF CHARTERS

 

 

No. 1

 

POSTGRADUATE CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH

 

Cold Springs, Putnam County

 

A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents  on September 17, 1948 to operate a school in the field of higher education for teaching and training graduate students in the field of psychotherapy. Such provisional charter was made absolute by Regents action on October 29, 1954 and was consolidated by Regents action on May 24, 1957 with the Institute for Psychotherapy, Inc., a domestic corporation incorporated pursuant to the Membership Corporations Law on September 19, 1947; such absolute charter was consolidated by Regents action on May 28, 1959 with Walt Foundation, Inc., an education corporation incorporated by Regents action on June 29, 1951 with the issuance of a provisional charter and made absolute by Regents action on May 25, 1956. Such consolidated corporation was amended by Regents action on April 29, 1960, and March 1, 1963 to change the name of the corporation to “Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.” The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to indicate that the principal office of the corporation is to be located in the borough of Manhattan, city, county and state of New York  and to add authority for the corporation to operate residential services for people with mental disabilities. The Office of Mental Health (OMH) has consented to this action. The Office of the Professions recommends that the absolute charter be amended accordingly.

 

 

No. 2

 

ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE

 

Brooklyn, Kings County

 

An absolute charter in the first instance was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on April 10, 1957 to operate a college. Such absolute charter was amended by Regents action on May 23, 1969, May 26, 1972 and October 5, 2001. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to add authority for the corporation to award the degree of Master of Science (M.S.). The Office of Higher Education recommends that the absolute charter be amended accordingly.

 


 

No. 3

 

SLOAN-KETTERING GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

 

New York City, New York County

 

A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on September 10, 2004 to form a corporation to provide one or more courses of study, which shall include scientific research as well as academic instruction, leading to the earned degrees of Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (Sci.D.). The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the provisional charter to change the corporate name to “Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.” The Office of Higher Education recommends that the provisional charter be amended accordingly.

 

 

No. 4

 

TOURO COLLEGE

 

New York City, New York County

 

A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents  on June 26, 1970 to operate a four-year college with liberal arts programs with an emphasis on the relevance of the Jewish heritage to the general culture of Western civilization. Such provisional charter was amended on April 11, 1973, June 28, 1974 and June 27, 1975 and was consolidated by Regents action on June 21, 1979 with Jewish Teachers Seminary and People’s University, a domestic corporation incorporated pursuant to Chapter 593 of the Laws of 1935 and Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, Inc., which was incorporated by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name “Herzliah Hebrew Academy, Inc.” on February 15, 1923 and amended by Regents action on February 15, 1946 to change the corporate name to “Herzliah Hebrew Institute, Inc.” Such provisional charter was amended and extended numerous times, and was made absolute by Regents action on January 17, 1990. Such absolute charter was again amended by Regents action on September 19, 1997, and September 10, 2004. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to add authority for the corporation to award the degree of Master of Business Administration  (M.B.A.) The Office of Higher Education recommends that the absolute charter be amended accordingly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROVISIONAL CHARTER

 

 

No. 5

 

BOSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, NEW YORK

 

New York City, New York County

 

The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to  operate a school conducting a program of graduate study leading to award the degree of Master of Arts in Psychoanalysis. The Office of Higher Education recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of five years.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Regents Meeting

January  10-11, 2005

 

 

CHARTERS

 

 

HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

 

 

AMENDMENT OF CHARTERS

 

 

1.         Postgraduate Center For Mental Health,  Cold Springs

2.         St. Francis College, Brooklyn

3.         Sloan-Kettering Graduate School Of Biomedical Sciences, New York City

4.         Touro College, New York City

 

 

PROVISIONAL CHARTER

 

 

5.         Boston Graduate School Of Psychoanalysis, New York, New York City