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THE
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY
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The Honorable the Members of the Board
of Regents
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Kathy A.
Ahearn |
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SUBJECT: |
Supplemental Charter Applications
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DATE: |
October 20,
2006 |
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STRATEGIC
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Goal
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AUTHORIZATION(S): |
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Summary
Issue for
Decision
Approval of supplemental charter
applications.
Reason for Consideration
Required by State statute (Education Law
section 216).
Proposed
Handling
Discussion and approval in accordance with
the recommendations contained in the attached
summaries.
Procedural
History
N/A
Background
Information
Supplemental summary recommendations have been prepared involving two charter actions.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Regents approve
the applications in accordance with the recommendations contained in the
attached summaries.
Timetable for
Implementation
N/A
PROVISIONAL
CHARTERS
No. 1
BRIGHT EXPECTATIONS
East Elmhurst,
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate and maintain special education and ancillary educational programs and services for pre-school and school-age children with disabilities and in support of and to supplement preschool and school-age general education curriculum, provided that any such program meets the standards of the appropriate regulating agency; to provide early intervention and special instruction to infants and toddlers with disabilities d their families; to provide instructional and enrichment services to pre-school children and their families; to establish and operate day care centers within the State of New York, initially within Queens County; to research and design both individualized and group programs to help facilitate the growth, development, and learning of children with disabilities and their non-disabled peers; to furnish those children with disabilities who are homebound with the programs and services of the school within the home; to involve parents in their children’s development as participants and facilitator in the programs of the school; to engage in the training of staff in the growth, development and learning of such children with and without disabilities; and to provide information and materials to the public relating to the programs developed by the corporation, the results of activities conducted by the corporation and the problems of such children with disabilities, and provided that nothing herein shall authorize the corporation to engage in the practice of any profession required to be licensed under Title VIII of the Education Law except where practice by exempt persons in a school setting is authorized by law or where corporate practice is authorized by law. The Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) has been provided with an opportunity to review this action and the trustees have been advised that the granting of a provisional charter does not constitute approval for state funding for programs and services under the jurisdiction of VESID. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of three years.
No. 2
COMPREHENSIVE
KIDS DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to
operate a school for children with disabilities ages three to twenty-one;
to provide special education itinerant services (SEIT); to provide parent
training; to provide speech and language therapy and other related services, and
provided that nothing herein shall authorize the corporation to engage in the
practice of any profession required to be licensed under Title VIII of the
Education Law, other than speech-language pathology or audiology pursuant to Education Law section 8208[2], and
except where practice by exempt persons in a school setting is authorized by law
or where corporate practice is authorized by law; and to perform research into
trends, teaching and learning methodologies, biographical and socio-economic
information, statistical information and other topics generally relating to
children with disabilities and, in particular, the provision of special
education and related services to such children. The Office of Vocational and
Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) has been provided
with an opportunity to review this action and the trustees have been advised
that the granting of a provisional
charter does not constitute approval for state funding for programs and
services under the jurisdiction of VESID.
The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional
charter be granted for a period of three years.