Report of Regents P-12 Education Committee to The Board of Regents

Your P-12 Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on March 14, 2022. All members were present, with the exception of Regent Cashin and Regent Ouderkirk.

ACTION ITEMS

Renewal Recommendations for Charter Schools Authorized by the Board of Regents [P-12 (A) 1]

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents finds that Global Community Charter School: (1) meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) the applicant can demonstrate the ability to operate the school in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; (3) granting the application 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 this article; and (4) granting the application would have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the charter school, and the Board of Regents therefore approves the renewal application of Global Community Charter School and that a renewal charter be issued, and that its provisional charter be extended for a term up through and including June 30, 2027.

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents finds that Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School: (1) meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) the applicant can demonstrate the ability to operate the school in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; (3) granting the application 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 this article; and (4) granting the application would have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the charter school, and the Board of Regents therefore approves the renewal application of Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School and that a renewal charter be issued, and that its provisional charter be extended for a term up through and including June 30, 2025.

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents finds that New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities IV: (1) meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) the applicant can demonstrate the ability to operate the school in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; (3) granting the application 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 this article; and (4) granting the application would have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the charter school, and the Board of Regents therefore approves the renewal application of New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities IV and that a renewal charter be issued, and that its provisional charter be extended for a term up through and including June 30, 2027.

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents finds that REACH Academy Charter School: (1) meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) the applicant can demonstrate the ability to operate the school in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; (3) granting the application 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 this article; and (4) granting the application would have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the charter school, and the Board of Regents therefore approves the renewal application of REACH Academy Charter School and that a renewal charter be issued, and that its provisional charter be extended for a term up through and including June 30, 2027.

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents finds that WHIN Music Community Charter School: (1) meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) the applicant can demonstrate the ability to operate the school in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; (3) granting the application 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 this article; and (4) granting the application would have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the charter school, and the Board of Regents therefore approves the renewal application of WHIN Music Community Charter School and that a renewal charter be issued, and that its provisional charter be extended for a term up through and including June 30, 2027.

The motion passed.  There were no oppositions or abstentions.

Revision Recommendations for Charter Schools Authorized by the Board of Regents [P-12 (A) 2]

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents finds that: (1) the Education Unlimited Lyceum Charter School meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) the charter school can demonstrate the ability to operate in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; (3) granting the request to amend the charter 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; and (4) granting the request to amend the charter will have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the charter school, and the Board of Regents therefore approves the charter revision for Education Unlimited Lyceum Charter School and amends the provisional charter accordingly.

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents finds that: (1) Renaissance Charter School 2 (The) meets the requirements set out in Article 56 of the Education Law, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (2) the charter school can demonstrate the ability to operate in an educationally and fiscally sound manner; (3) granting the request to amend the charter 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; and (4) granting the request to amend the charter will have a significant educational benefit to the students expected to attend the charter school, and the Board of Regents therefore approves the charter revision for Renaissance Charter School 2 (The) and amends the provisional charter accordingly.

The motion passed.  There were no oppositions or abstentions.

Proposed Amendments to Sections 200.5 and 200.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Special Education Due Process System Procedures [P-12 (A) 3]

Your committee recommends that section 200.5(j) and 200.21(a) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended and section 200.5(o) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be added, as submitted, effective March 29, 2022, as an emergency action upon a finding by the Board of Regents that such action is necessary for the preservation of the general welfare to conform the Commissioner’s regulations to Chapter 812 of the Laws of 2021 on its effective date.

The motion passed.  There were no oppositions or abstentions.

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

Your P-12 Education Committee recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the oral report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on March 15, 2022.

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Proposed Addition of Part 130 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Substantially Equivalent Instruction for Nonpublic School Students [P-12 (D) 1]

Department staff discussed adopting a new Part 130 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education relating to nonpublic schools and substantially equivalent instruction for nonpublic school students.

Proposed Amendment of Subdivision (n) of Section 175.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Extending the Instructional Hour COVID-19 Waiver to the 2022-2023 School Year [P-12 (D) 2]

Department staff presented the proposed amendment of subdivision (n) of section 175.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education relating to extending the instructional hour COVID-19 waiver to the 2022-2023 school year.

Proposed Amendments of Sections 200.1 and 200.4 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Disability Classification “Emotional Disturbance” [P-12 (D) 3]

Department staff presented the proposed amendments to sections 200.1 and 200.4 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education relating to the disability classification “emotional disturbance”.

Proposed Amendments to Sections 200.2 and 200.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Special Education Due Process System Procedures [P-12 (D) 4]

Department staff presented the proposed amendments to sections 200.2 and 200.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education relating to Special Education Due Process System Procedures.

Consent Agenda

The Board of Regents took action on the following consent agenda items at its March 2022 meeting.

• Petition of the City School District of the City of Gloversville for Consent to Exceed the Constitutional Debt Limit
• Proposed Amendment of Section 100.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the January 2022 Administration of Regents Examinations
• Proposed Technical Amendment to Section 170.12 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to School Districts’ Exemption from the Establishment of an Internal Audit Function