[node:field_meeting_type] | April 2011

Report of the


REGENTS P-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE


to


The Board of Regents


April 5, 2011

            Your P-12 Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on April 5, 2011.  All members were present, except for Chancellor Emeritus Bennett and Regent Bottar, who were excused.

ACTION ITEMS

Charter
 School
 Actions

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents approves the charter revision to change the name of the Excellence Charter School for Girls to the Excellence Girls Charter School as proposed by the Trustees of the State University of New York and the provisional charter is amended accordingly.  [P-12 (A) 1]

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents approves and issues the charter of the ROADS Charter School I as proposed by the Trustees of the State University of New York (SUNY) and issues a provisional charter to it for a term as prescribed by §2851(2)(p) of the Education Law.  Your Committee further recommends that the Board of Regents approves and issues the charter of the ROADS Charter School II as proposed by the Trustees of the State University of New York (SUNY) and issues a provisional charter to it for a term as prescribed by §2851(2)(p) of the Education Law.  [P-12 (A) 2]

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents approves the revision to the initial charter of the Health Sciences Charter School, and the provisional charter is amended accordingly.   [P-12 (A) 3]

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

           

            Madam Chancellor and Colleagues: Your P-12 Education Committee recommends, and I move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on April 5, 2011, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

CharterSchoolAuthorizing Strategic Planning – Kim Wechtenhiser, Director of Design and Quality for SchoolWorks, updated the Regents on the timeline and deliverables for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) grant to the Regents Research Fund.  She also discussed the mission and vision statement planning for the Charter Schools Office, stakeholder informational interviews and surveys, and updates to policies, protocols and procedures guiding charter authorizing and oversight work of the Regents and staff.  The Committee discussed the progress to date Department staff and the SchoolWorks facilitators have made on implementing key elements of the Charter School Authorizing Strategic Plan.

Laboratory Requirements for Qualifying to take a Regents Exam in any of the Sciences Due to time constraints, this item will be discussed at a future meeting.  [P-12 (D) 1]

Update on School Improvement Grant (SIG) Implementation – The Committee was updated on the implementation of the School Improvement Grant process

Consent Agenda Items – Senior Deputy Commissioner King presented the following item scheduled for approval on the full Board consent agenda:

• Petition of the Elmira City School District for Consent to Exceed the Constitutional Debt Limit