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THE
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234 |
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TO: |
The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents |
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FROM: |
Kathy A. Ahearn |
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COMMITTEE: |
Cultural
Education EMSC-VESID Higher Education and Professional Practice |
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TITLE OF
ITEM: |
Summary recommendations with respect to charter applications |
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DATE OF
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December 17, 2003 |
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PROPOSED
HANDLING: |
Approval |
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RATIONALE FOR
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Granting of charter applications pursuant to statutory authority |
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STRATEGIC
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Goal 2 |
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AUTHORIZATION(S): |
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SUMMARY:
Attached are summary recommendations with respect to charter applications. A total of 15 charter actions are recommended involving 15 institutions, including 1 library, 11 nonpublic schools, 2 chartered postsecondary institutions and 1 education corporation.
I recommend that the Regents approve each application in accordance with the recommendations contained in the respective summaries.
l. Cultural
Education
EXTENSION OF
CHARTER
No. 1
PRATTSBURGH FREE
LIBRARY
Prattsburgh, Steuben
County
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on July 28, 1978 to operate an
association library to serve the town of Prattsburgh, county of Steuben, state
of New York. Such provisional charter was extended by Regents action on January
18, 1989 and September 20, 1996. The board of trustees has applied for an
extension to the charter. Janet M. Welch and the Office of Cultural Education
recommend that the
provisional charter be extended for a period of five years to provide additional
time for the library to secure more adequate and stable sources of fiscal
support.
CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION
No. 2
THE LONG BEACH ISLAND LANDMARKS
ASSOCIATION
Long Beach, Nassau
County
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to encourage
the suitable marking of places of historic interest on Long Beach Island; to
acquire endangered structures and sites; to list sites and structures on the
National Register of Historic Places; to establish appropriate historic
districts; to sponsor educational programs to encourage individuals and others
to landmark their property; to preserve and protect the built environment of
Long Beach Island, including historic neighborhoods, landmarked buildings,
structures, parks, streetscapes and sites; to raise public awareness and promote
the preservation and appreciation of the built environment through research and
scholarship, organized cultural activities, public programs, events and
lectures, membership and design technical assistance services; to coordinate
programs and events within the City of Long Beach with the Long Beach Historical
and Preservation Society, and to promote and foster cooperation among other
societies. Clifford A. Siegfried, David W. Palmquist and the Office of Cultural
Education recommend that a Regents certificate of incorporation be
issued.
Regents Meeting
January 12, 2004
CHARTERS
CULTURAL EDUCATION
EXTENSION OF
CHARTER
1. Prattsburgh Free Library, Prattsburgh
CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION
2.
The Long Beach Island Landmarks Association, Long
Beach
ll.
EMSC-VESID
ABSOLUTE
CHARTER
No. 1
CATHERINE MCAULEY HIGH SCHOOL
Brooklyn, Kings County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on December 15, 2000 to operate a grade seven through twelve secondary school. Such provisional charter was amended by Regents action on March 19, 2002 to add authority for the corporation to also board enrolled students while in attendance. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the provisional charter to delete authority for the corporation to operate grades seven and eight and, as so amended, for an absolute charter. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that the provisional charter be amended accordingly and, as so amended, be made absolute.
AMENDMENT OF
CHARTERS
No. 2
BIG APPLE EDUCATIONAL CENTER
Brooklyn, Kings County
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on September 17, 1999 to operate a
nursery school for preschool children from three to five years of age, a
kindergarten for five-year-olds, a grade one through six elementary school and
day care centers. Such provisional charter was amended by action of the Board of
Regents on November 9, 2001 and, as amended, extended and amended on April 23,
2002 to add authority for the corporation to operate grades seven and eight. The
board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the provisional charter to add
authority for the corporation to also operate at 503-507 Lake Street, Brooklyn,
New York 11223. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services
recommend that the provisional charter be amended
accordingly.
No. 3
HIGH MEADOW SCHOOL
Stone Ridge, Ulster County
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on February 26, 1988 to operate a
kindergarten through grade six school. Such provisional charter was amended by
action of the Board of Regents on July 19, 1996 to add authority to also operate
a nursery school for preschool children from three to five years of age and to
change the corporate address, and, as amended, made absolute. The board of
trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to add authority
for the corporation to also operate grades seven and eight. Thomas E. Hogan and
the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that the absolute charter be
amended accordingly.
No. 4
OHR TORAH INSTITUTE
Forest Hills, Queens County
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on June 25, 1982 to establish,
conduct, operate and maintain a secondary school for students of the Jewish
faith. Such provisional charter was made absolute by action of the Board of
Regents on April 22, 1988. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to
the absolute charter to change the corporate address to 100 Lakeville Road, New
Hyde Park, New York 11040 and to change the corporate name to “Yeshiva Or
Chadash.” Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend
that the absolute charter be amended
accordingly.
No. 5
STEIN YESHIVA OF LINCOLN PARK
Yonkers, Westchester County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name “Hebrew Day School” on February 21, 1986 to operate and maintain a school for the instruction of children in nursery school, kindergarten and first grade. Such provisional charter was amended by Regents action on October 21, 1988 to change the corporate name to “Yeshiva Day School of Lincoln Park“ and to add authority for the school to operate a grade two through eight program and, as amended, extended and was made absolute by Regents action on March 26, 1993. Such absolute charter was amended by Regents action on April 15, 1994 to change the corporate name to “Yeshiva of Lincoln Park” and on June 12, 1997 to change the corporate name to “Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park.” The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to authorize the corporation to operate an educational facility for children ages infant through eighth grade for more than three hours a day at 287 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10704 and an additional facility for kindergarten through eighth grade at 311 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10704 and to operate day care centers. The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has consented to this action pursuant to §460-a of the Social Services Law and §216-a of the Education Law. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that the absolute charter be amended accordingly.
PROVISIONAL
CHARTERS
No. 6
AL-IMAN
SCHOOL
Jamaica, Queens
County
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a pre-kindergarten, a kindergarten and a grade one through twelve school. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that a provisional charter be granted for a period of three years.
No. 7
CHILDREN AT PLAY EARLY INTERVENTION
CENTER
Staten Island, Richmond
County
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 which may include the operation of a nursery school, and in support of, and to supplement, pre-school and school-age general education curriculum provided that any such program meets the standards of the appropriate regulating agency; to provide early intervention, special instruction and therapeutic services to infants and toddlers with disabilities, and their families; to provide instructional and therapeutic and clinical interventions in support of the physical, cognitive, social and behavioral development of young children with disabilities; to establish and operate day care centers; 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 home bound with the programs and services of the school within the home; to involve parents in their children’s development as participants and facilitators in the programs of the school; to engage in the training of staff to aid 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. 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 the amendment does not constitute approval for state funding for programs and services under the jurisdiction of VESID. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that a provisional charter be granted for a period of three years.
No. 8
JAMAICA MONTESSORI
ASSOCIATES
Jamaica, Queens
County
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate special education and ancillary educational programs and services for pre-school and school-age children with disabilities which may include the operation of a nursery school, and in support of pre-school and school-age general education curriculum provided that any such program meets the standards of the appropriate regulating agency; to provide early intervention, special intervention, special instruction and therapeutic services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families; to provide instruction and therapeutic and clinical interventions in support of the physical, cognitive, social and behavioral development of young children with disabilities; and, to establish and operate day care centers. The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has consented to this action pursuant to §460-a of the Social Services 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 the amendment does not constitute approval for state funding for programs and services under the jurisdiction of VESID. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that a provisional charter be granted for a period of three years.
EXTENSION OF
CHARTERS
No. 9
FIRST NURSERY SCHOOL OF UTICA
Utica, Oneida County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on November 10, 2000 to operate a nursery school for preschool children from three to five years of age. The board of trustees has applied for an extension to the provisional charter. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that the provisional charter be extended for a period of three years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
No. 10
TREY WHITFIELD SCHOOL
Brooklyn, Kings County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on November 10, 2000 to operate a nursery school for preschool children from three to five years of age, a kindergarten for five-year-olds and a grade one through eight elementary school. The board of trustees has applied for an extension to the provisional charter. Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that the provisional charter be extended for a period of three years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
DISSOLUTION OF
CHARTER
No. 11
BABIES PREP
SCHOOL
New York City, New York
County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on February 3, 1995 to operate a center-based and home-based preschool for children with disabilities from birth to five years of age. Such corporation was consolidated by Regents action on that date with the Babies Prep School for Health-Education-Research, Inc., a domestic not-for-profit corporation incorporated under §402 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law (NPCL) on October 12, 1993, with the surviving corporation being the Babies Prep School. Such corporation was amended by Regents action on July 16, 1999 to change the corporate address, to change the address of the institution and to add authority to also operate a special education itinerant teacher program and, as so amended, extended. The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents for the dissolution of the charter since the school is no longer in operation; the corporation has assigned all of its programs to Graham-Windham; the local Committee of Preschool Education (CPSE) will be informed and all taxes payable by the corporation have been paid. The trustees request Regents approval of the transfer of students records and the distribution of the remaining assets of the corporation to the Graham-Windham, a tax-exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3). Thomas E. Hogan and the Office of Nonpublic School Services recommend that the provisional charter of Babies Prep School be dissolved, that the student records and any remaining assets of the corporation be transferred to Graham-Windham, 33 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003.
Regents Meeting
January 12, 2004
CHARTERS
EMSC-VESID
ABSOLUTE CHARTER
1. Catherine McAuley High School, Brooklyn
AMENDMENT OF CHARTERS
2. Big Apple Educational Center, Brooklyn
3. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge
4. Ohr Torah Institute, Forest Hills
5. Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park, Yonkers
PROVISIONAL CHARTERS
6. Al-Iman School, Jamaica
7. Children at Play Early Intervention Center, Staten Island
8. Jamaica Montessori Associates, Jamaica
EXTENSION OF
CHARTER
9. First Nursery School of Utica, Utica
10. Trey Whitfield School, Brooklyn
DISSOLUTION OF
CHARTER
11. Babies Prep School, New York City
lll.
HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE
AMENDMENT OF
CHARTERS
No. 1
THE INSTITUTE OF ALLIED MEDICAL
PROFESSIONS
New York City, New York
County
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name “The New York
Radiological Institute” on September 30, 1977 to conduct seminars, workshops and
educational programs for qualified persons in the area of radiological science
and, where appropriate, to issue certificates of completion; to disseminate and
publicize current developments in radiological science; to publish a newsletter
and circulate printed materials in connection with the purposes and objects of
the corporation; to promote, sponsor and conduct forums, hearings and
discussions for the promotion, understanding, research and study in areas in
which various aspects of
radiological science can be used effectively; to research new methods for
training nuclear medicine technologists, diagnostic ultrasound technologists,
radiation health technologists and similar technical specialists; to foster
innovative research for varied aspects of radiological science; to offer persons
actively employed or interested in any scientific or technological aspect of
radiological science an opportunity to keep abreast of current developments; to
maintain a registry of trained technologists and to foster camaraderie among
such technologists. Such provisional charter was made absolute by Regents action
on January 20, 1981. Such absolute charter was amended by Regents action on May
21, 1982 to change the corporate name to “The Institute of Allied Medical
Professions” and on January 15, 1993. The board of trustees has applied for an
amendment to the absolute charter to specify that the Institute holds classes at
the following additional locations: The Jamaica Hospital Medical Center,
89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, New York 11418; St.
John’s Riverside Hospital, Cochran School of Nursing, 67 North Broadway,
Yonkers, New York 10701; Queens Campus, 91-31 Queens Boulevard, Elmhurst, New
York 11373; The Brooklyn Hospital Center, N Building, 121 DeKalb Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York 11201 and Brooklyn Campus, 15 Bay 29th Street,
Brooklyn, New York 11214. Johanna Duncan-Poitier and the Office of Higher
Education recommend that the absolute charter be amended
accordingly.
No. 2
MEDAILLE
COLLEGE
Buffalo, Erie
County
An absolute charter in the first instance was
granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on October 25,
1968 to establish and conduct a college with authority to confer the earned
degrees of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S. in
Ed.), Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Science in Education (M.S. in Ed.) and
the honorary degrees of Doctor of Pedagogy (Pd.D.), Doctor of Humane Letters
(L.H.D.) and Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.); to conduct a demonstration school; and
to offer adult education courses.
Such absolute charter was amended by Regents action on June 27, 1975 to
add authority for the College to confer the degrees of Associate in Arts (A.A.),
Associate in Science (A.S.) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.); April 29,
1976 to add authority for the College to confer the degree of Bachelor of
Science (B.S.); June 14, 1996 to add authority for the College to confer the
degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.); July 18, 1997 to add
authority for the College to confer the degree of Master of Business
Administration (M.B.A.); September 18, 1998 to add authority to establish a
branch campus at Amherst, Erie County and to confer thereat all of those degrees
which the College has authority to confer at its main branch; and July 19, 2001
to authorize the corporation to establish a branch campus at Brighton, Monroe
County and to confer thereat the degrees of Associate in Science (A.S.),
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and Master of Business
Administration (M.B.A.) and February 11, 2003 to add authority
for the
corporation to confer, at its main campus and its branch campus at Amherst, the
honorary degrees of Doctor of Science (Sc.D.), and Doctor of Laws (LL.D.); to
add authority to confer, at its branch campus at Brighton, the honorary degrees
of Doctor of Pedagogy (Pd.D.), Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.), Doctor of
Letters (Litt.D.), Doctor of Science (Sc.D.), and Doctor of Laws (LL.D.); and to
add authority for the College to establish a branch campus in the Greater
Toronto Area, GTA, Ontario, Canada and to confer thereat the degrees of
Associate in Arts (A.A.), Associate in Science (A.S.), Associate in Applied
Science (A.A.S.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor
of Science in Education (B.S. in Ed.), Bachelor of Business Administration
(B.B.A.), Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Science in Education (M.S. in Ed.),
and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), and the honorary degrees of
Doctor of Pedagogy (Pd.D.), Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.), Doctor of Letters (Litt.D), Doctor of
Science (Sc.D.) and Doctor of Laws (L.L.D.). The board of trustees has applied
for an amendment to the absolute charter to authorize the college to award the
degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) at its branch campus in Brighton, Monroe County.
Johanna Duncan-Poitier and the
Office of Higher Education recommend that
the absolute charter be amended accordingly.
Regents Meeting
January 12, 2004
CHARTER
HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE
AMENDMENT OF
CHARTER
1. The Institute of Allied Medical Professions, New York City
2. Medaille College, Buffalo