Meeting of the Board of Regents | May 2010

SUMMARY

Issue for Decision

Should the Regents approve the staff’s recommendation concerning the proposed revision to the initial charter for International Leadership Charter School (New York City)?

Background Information

We received a request from the Chancellor of the city school district of the City of New York to revise the initial charter of International Leadership Charter School (“the School”).  The School’s charter was initially granted on January 10, 2006 to serve grades nine through twelve in the 2009-10 school year, the last year of its initial charter term.  The School seeks to change dismissal time on Wednesdays from 4:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M., retroactive to September 1, 2009.  The revision would allow common planning time and professional development opportunities for teachers and external internships for students of grades 11 and 12.

Recommendation

VOTED:  That the Board of Regents approves the revision to the initial charter of the International Leadership Charter School as proposed by the Chancellor of the city school district of the City of New York, and the provisional charter is amended accordingly.

Reasons for Recommendation

              The proposed revision to the School’s initial charter, along with the other terms of the initial charter: (1) meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) will permit the charter school to operate in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; and (3) is likely to improve student learning and achievement and materially further the purposes set out in subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred fifty of Article 56 of the Education Law.    

Timetable for Implementation

The Regents action for International Leadership Charter School will be effective immediately.