Public Notices

Final Notice – The following charter revision has been approved by operation of law.

Public Prep Charter School Academies, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one school, requested the following enrollment revisions:

• Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx is located at 381 Kelly Street, Bronx, NY 10455, 890 Cauldwell Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456, and 1160 Beach Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472 in CSDs 8 and 12 and is chartered to serve 812 students in grades K-10 for the 2023-24 school year growing to serve 867 students in grades K-11 for the 2024-25 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested an enrollment decrease to serve 608 students in grades K-5 and 9-11 for the 2024-25 school year. The middle school students will be served under Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II.
• Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx II is located at 124 Eames Place, Bronx, NY 10468 in CSD 10 and is chartered to serve 416 students in grades K-3 for the 2023-24 school year growing to serve 520 students in grades K-4 for the 2024-25 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requested an enrollment revision to serve 361 students in grades K-8 for the 2024-25 school year.

The SUNY Charter Schools Institute, as the SUNY Trustees’ designee: 1) received the revision application on or about February 15, 2024, 2) approved the revision on August 6, 2024, and 3) the revision was approved by operation of law on or about November 20, 2024

Final Notice – The following charter revision has been approved by operation of law.

• New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science and New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities contracted with New Visions for Public Schools, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation, to manage certain business and academic-related services.  The education corporations requested to cease their relationship with New Visions for Public Schools, Inc., effective June 30, 2024 and transition all applicable responsibilities to an internal shared services team.  New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science requested to be renamed “United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science” and New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities requested to be renamed “United Charter High School for the Humanities.”  The SUNY Charter Schools Institute, as the SUNY Trustees’ designee: 1) received the revision application on or about December 15, 2023, 2) approved the revision on July 11, 2024, and 3) the revision was approved by operation of law on or about October 10, 2024.

Second Notice – The SUNY Trustees have approved the following revision application.

• Academic Leadership Charter School, located at 677 East 141st Street, Bronx, NY 10454 and 470 Jackson Avenue, Bronx NY 10455 in Community School District (“CSD”) 7, is chartered to serve 931 students in grades K-8 by the 2027-28 school year, the final year of the current charter term.  The school requested an expansion to add a high school program starting in the 2024-25 school year serving 412 students in grades K-8 and growing to serve 592 students in grades K-12 by the 2027-28 school year.  The SUNY Trustees: 1) received the application on or around August 20, 2024, and 2) approved the application on October 9, 2024.

First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following revision application:

Brilla College Preparatory Charter Schools, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one charter school, requests a revision to its overall admissions policy adding an at-risk preference for students whose school has closed in the previous school year or has announced closure within or after the current school year.

The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as December 15, 2024.  The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide.  Please direct any comments or questions to [email protected] with the subject line “Brilla College Preparatory Charter Schools Revision Application.”