THE
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT /
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF |
TO: |
The Honorable the Members of the Board
of Regents
|
FROM: |
Kathy A.
Ahearn |
SUBJECT: |
Charter Applications for March
2007 |
DATE: |
February 27,
2007 |
STRATEGIC
GOAL: |
Goal
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AUTHORIZATION(S): |
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Issue for
Decision
Approval of charter applications.
Reason(s) for
Consideration
Required by State statute
(Education Law §216).
Proposed
Handling
Discussion and approval in accordance with
the respective recommendations contained in the attached summaries of charter
applications.
Procedural
History
N/A
Summary recommendations have been prepared for a total of 30 charter actions.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Regents approve
each application in accordance with the recommendations contained in the
respective summaries.
Timetable for
Implementation
N/A
Regents Meeting
March
19-20, 2007
CHARTERS
CULTURAL EDUCATION
ABSOLUTE CHARTERS
1.
Almanzo and Laura Ingalls
Wilder Association, Malone (Burke)
2.
East
Fishkill Public Library District,
3.
Hurley Library,
Hurley
4.
Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the
Holocaust,
5.
Stone Ridge Public Library, Stone
Ridge
6.
Lock 52
Historical Society of Port Byron, Port Byron
7.
Ransomville
Free Library, Ransomville
PROVISIONAL
CHARTERS
8.
The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum,
Peterboro
9.
EXTENSION OF
CHARTERS
10.
11.
CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION
12.
Civil War
Heritage Foundation, Clifton Springs
APPLICATION
FOR REGENTS CONSENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED
NAME
13.
l. CULTURAL
EDUCATION
ABSOLUTE CHARTERS
No. 1
ALMANZO AND LAURA INGALLS WILDER
ASSOCIATION
Malone (Burke),
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on May 22, 1987 to illustrate
northern New York early rural life at the actual birthplace and boyhood home of
Almanzo Wilder and to make the Wilder home, which was the residence of the James
Wilder Family from 1840-1875, a restored house museum. Such provisional charter was extended by
Regents action on February 21, 1991 and April 29, 1997. The board of trustees has applied for an
absolute charter.
The Office of
Cultural Education recommends
that the provisional charter be made absolute.
No. 2
EAST FISHKILL PUBLIC LIBRARY
DISTRICT
East Fishkill,
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a public library to serve the
residents of the Town of
No. 3
HURLEY
LIBRARY
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on September 13, 2002 to operate a
public library to serve the residents of the Hurley library district. The board of trustees has applied for an
absolute charter. The Office
of Cultural Education recommends
that the provisional charter be made absolute.
No.
4
MUSEUM OF JEWISH
HERITAGE: A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name "New York
City Holocaust Memorial Museum" on April 27, 1984 to perpetuate the memory of
the six million Jews who were murdered by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust; to
commemorate the lives of the victims of the Holocaust by creating a record of
Jewish life, society and culture; to teach the history and lessons of the
Holocaust to future generations by conducting lectures, seminars and other
educational programs and publishing articles, papers and research materials; and
to acquire, build, renovate, equip, maintain and dispose of a museum, conference
center, exhibition area, archives and facilities for exhibitions, scholarly
research and meetings relating to the other purposes of the corporation. Such provisional charter was amended by
Regents action on May 23, 1986 to change the corporate name to "The Museum of
the Jewish Heritage" and on April 22, 1988 to change the corporate name to "A
Living Memorial to the Holocaust: Museum of Jewish Heritage" and extended by
Regents action on June 16, 1989, April 29, 1997 and amended by Regents action on
April 21, 1998 and on June 17, 2003 to revise its purposes and to change the
corporate name to "Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the
Holocaust." The board of trustees
had applied for an absolute charter at the time of the June 2003 amendments,
which request was deferred until a site visit could be scheduled. The Office of Cultural Education now
recommends that the provisional charter
be made absolute.
No. 5
STONE RIDGE PUBLIC
LIBRARY
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on December 15, 2000 to operate a
public library to serve the residents of the Stone Ridge library district. The board of trustees has applied for an
absolute charter. The Office
of Cultural Education recommends
that the provisional charter be made absolute.
No. 6
LOCK 52 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PORT
BYRON
Port Byron,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name “Lock
Fifty-Two Historical Society of Port Byron” on July 27, 1979 to collect,
classify, display, and publish materials of historical value to the community
for the purpose of preserving and creating an awareness of the area’s
heritage. Such provisional charter
was extended by Regents action on May 20, 1983 and July 29, 1988 and was amended
by Regents action on November 20, 1992 to change the corporate name to “Lock 52
Historical Society of Port Byron.” Such provisional charter was made
absolute by Regents action on July 17, 1998. The board of trustees has applied
for an amendment to the absolute charter to add the language necessary to maintain tax-exempt
status under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3). The Office of Cultural Education
recommends that the absolute charter be amended
accordingly.
No. 7
RANSOMVILLE FREE
LIBRARY
Ransomville,
No. 8
THE NATIONAL ABOLITION HALL OF FAME AND
MUSEUM
Peterboro,
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a museum to establish and maintain a history
museum and a hall of fame devoted to abolition of slavery and to the unfinished
abolition of slavery in our country; to collect, own, hold, maintain, preserve,
and make available appropriate historical objects and artifacts; to arrange,
create, maintain and promote appropriate historical exhibits and displays; to
establish and maintain an historical research and reference center; to promote
history and original historical research; to disseminate and encourage a greater
knowledge of antislavery abolitionists, their work to end slavery, and
contemporary abolitionists who carry on the legacy of that struggle; to bring
together those people interested in history, encourage public interest in
history, sponsor historical meetings, programs and events, sponsor exhibits, and
issue publications in any format; to cooperate with county and state official
and historical organizations to collect and preserve materials of county wide
and statewide significance; to
acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise the title to or the custody and
control of historic sites and structures, and preserve and maintain such sites
and structures; to encourage the suitable marking of historical places of
historic interest; to collaborate with other institutions, affiliates,
descendents, and scholars of honorees to tell the story of abolitionism. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that a
provisional charter be granted for a period of five years.
No.
9
The board of trustees has petitioned
the Board of Regents to form a museum to maintain and preserve the History
Center (formerly the Norway Baptist Church) building and grounds located at 1067
Newport Gray Road in the Town of Norway; collect and maintain historical records
and artifacts of the Town of Norway; providing genealogical information and
assistance to members of the public as needed; communicate the society’s work
with the residents of the town and the school districts, including, but not
limited to, the West Canada Valley Central School District and the Poland
Central School District; maintain liaison with the Town Board of Norway
concerning the activities of the Society; work cooperatively with the Kuyahoora
Valley Historical Society on matters concerning local history, projects and
programs. The Office of Cultural
Education recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of five
years.
EXTENSION OF
CHARTERS
No.
10
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on September 20, 1996 to operate a
museum and to collect, assemble, and preserve documents, artifacts, photographs
and other material which illustrate the history of
No. 11
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on April 27, 1999 to operate an
association library to serve the residents of the Town of
CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION
No. 12
CIVIL WAR HERITAGE
FOUNDATION
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to educate the public about the daily
lives, activities and historic events of the American Civil War by representing
and recreating the authentic style, manner and equipment for specific or generic
individual portrayals from both Northern and Southern states, which will provide
opportunities for research, study and participation by its members in
historically accurate reenactments of Civil War battles to which the public is
invited as spectators, with the participants and spectators paying nominal fees
to participate in and witness the reenactments, all proceeds being used to
defray the cost of reenactments; to participate in appropriate living history
events, encampments and the reenactments and narrations of battles, campaigns,
engagements, or former/informal first person impression presentations; to
promote and encourage appropriate historical research, preservation,
dissemination and interpretation of specific or generic individuals of the
American Civil War era, and the history, lives and times of those individuals,
including both military and civilians; to encourage the discovery,
documentation, marking and preservation of appropriate historical sites, markers
and monuments; to sponsor appropriate exhibits and displays accessible to the
public; to serve the community as appropriate by participating in parades,
memorial events and dedications, and to assist other community organizations in
historical, military, patriotic and similar functions. The corporation is not authorized to
establish or maintain a museum, library or historical society, or to own or hold
collections. The Office of Cultural
Education recommends that a certificate of incorporation be
issued.
APPLICATION
FOR REGENTS CONSENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED
NAME
No. 13
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name “Margaret
Woodbury Strong Museum of Fascination” on June 21, 1968 to establish, operate
and maintain a museum with its attendant buildings and properties in the Town of
Regents
Meeting
March 19-20,
2007
CHARTERS
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY AND CONTINUING
EDUCATION
1.
2.
The Martin De Porres School for Exceptional Children,
3.
4.
The Sag Harbor Rainbow Preschool,
5.
6.
The Children’s Center for Early Learning,
7.
8.
Islamic
9.
Lakeside Preschool,
10.
11. Notre Dame Academy of Staten Island, Inc.,
12. Villa Maria Academy, Inc.,
ORDER OF
CONSOLIDATION
13. The
Children’s Center for Early Learning and
The Children’s
Center for Early Learning, Inc.,
DISSOLUTION OF
CHARTER
APPLICATION
FOR REGENTS CONSENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED
NAME
15.
ll. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY AND
CONTINUING EDUCATION
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on May 23, 1969 to operate a
preschool for children from two and half to five years of age. Such provisional charter was made
absolute by Regents action on January 22, 1975 and amended by Regents action on
June 12, 1997. The board of
trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to add authority
for the corporation to also operate a toddler program for children from 18
months to three years of age, a kindergarten for five year olds, a grade one
through six elementary school, a before and after school care program and an
extended day program for children from 5 to 12 years of age, a summer program,
and a day care center and to also change the corporate name to “Ithaca
Montessori School.”
The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends
the absolute charter be amended accordingly.
No. 2
THE MARTIN DE PORRES SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL
CHILDREN
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on December 14, 1973 to operate
school for emotionally disturbed and dyslexic children. Such provisional charter was made
absolute by Regents action on December 16, 1977 and amended by Regents action on
October 23, 1980 and September 13, 2002.
The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute
charter to add authority for the corporation to care for and board out
destitute, delinquent, abandoned, abused, neglected, runaway or dependent
children. 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 any amendment thereof does not constitute
approval for state funding for programs and services under the jurisdiction of
VESID. The Office of Nonpublic School
Services recommends the absolute charter be amended
accordingly.
No. 3
Commack,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on September 21, 1984 to conduct a
preschool program specifically for children with handicapping conditions from
two and half to five years of age. Such provisional charter was made
absolute by Regents action on June 16, 1989. The board of trustees has applied for an
amendment to the absolute charter to change the corporate name to “Children
First Preschool.” 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 any
amendment thereof does not
constitute approval for state funding for programs and services under the
jurisdiction of VESID. The Office
of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the absolute charter be amended
accordingly.
No. 4
THE
Sag Harbor,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on December 9, 2005 to operate a
nursery school for preschool children from three to five years of age. The board
of trustees has applied for an amendment to the provisional charter to authorize
the corporation to also establish and operate day care centers within the State
of
No. 5
Brooklyn,
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a kindergarten and a grade one
through grade six elementary school for autistic
children, utilizing behavioral strategies to address the specific needs and
challenges of autistic children.
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 a provisional charter does not
constitute approval for state funding for programs and services under the
jurisdiction of VESID. The Office
of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional charter be granted
for a period of three years.
No. 6
THE CHILDREN’S CENTER FOR EARLY
LEARNING
Brooklyn,
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a centerbased and homebased
program for children with disabilities from birth to five years of age, a
nursery school for preschool children with and without disabilities from three
to five years of age, and day care centers; to promote, foster, encourage and
advance research of preschool curriculums; to hold, conduct and organize
meetings, discussions, conferences and forums on contemporary issues and trends
in the field of special education and autism; and to disseminate information to
the general public concerning special education and autism. 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 a provisional
charter does not constitute approval for state funding for programs and
services under the jurisdiction of VESID.
The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional
charter be granted for a period of three
years.
No. 7
Cuddebackville,
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation with members to operate a Falun Dafa
Buddhist school that provides elementary and secondary education for grades five
through twelve; to provide an educational environment of learning and
self-improvement to students based on the Falun Dafa Buddhist principles of
truthfulness, compassion and forbearance; to offer a holistic educational
program that includes academic instructions and intensive arts training to
prepare students for success in life; to promote multi-cultural diversity
through education of traditional Chinese arts via performances, exhibits,
workshops and publications of written, audio and visual materials on different
forms of media. The Office of
Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a
period of three years.
No. 8
ISLAMIC
Bronx,
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a grades one through twelve
school.
The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional
charter be granted for a period of three
years.
No. 9
Essex,
The board of trustees has petitioned the
Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a nursery school for preschool
for preschool children from three to five years of age (no individual children
under the age of six will be in attendance for more than three hours a day); to
organize community educational events on topics related to raising children; and
to organize community choral and theatrical events for and with
preschool-aged-children. The Office
of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional charter be granted
for a period of three years.
No. 10
Bronx,
An absolute charter in the first instance was
granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on September 17,
1999 to assume the operation of the
kindergarten through grade twelve section 4201 school for blind and
blind/multiply-disabled students previously operated by a not-for-profit
corporation under the same name. The board of trustees has applied to
amend and restate the charter in its entirety which will restate the corporate
purposes to authorize the corporation to operate a preschool through
grade 12 section 4201 school for students 3 to 21 years of age who are blind or
visually impaired with additional disabilities; to operate a section 4410 preschool for
students three to five years of age who are eligible for special education
services due to blindness or visual impairment, pervasive developmental delays,
behavior disorders, cognitive delays, and/or orthopedic impairments; to specify
the trustees and their powers; substitute dissolution language to provide for
distribution of the remaining assets of the corporation to the then Ordinary of
the Archdiocese of New York to be held by him and by his successors in trust to
manage, invest and reinvest the same, to collect the net income therefrom and in
the exercise of his absolute discretion to pay or apply so much of the net
income therefrom exclusively to charitable purposes restricted to people who are
blind or visually impaired. This Trust shall be known as the “Lavelle Trust for
the Blind;” to add language necessary to maintain tax-exempt status under
Internal Revenue code §501(c)(3); to state the location
of the principal office of the corporation at 3830 Paulding Avenue, Bronx, New
York 10468; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent for the
purpose of service of process. The Office of Nonpublic
School Services recommends that the charter
be amended and restated accordingly.
Staten Island,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation under the corporate name “
No. 12
VILLA MARIA ACADEMY,
INC.
Bronx,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on December 13, 1922 to operate an elementary school. Such provisional charter was made
absolute by Regents action on February 21, 1941. The board of trustees has
applied to amend and restate the charter in its entirety to: specify the name of
the corporation is Villa Maria Academy, Inc.; specify the purpose of the
corporation is to operate a Catholic elementary school grades Pre-K
through eight in Bronx County, New York; to
specify the trustees and their appointment by the Leadership Team of the
Congregation de Notre Dame, or its successors; specify that this is a membership
corporation, whose members shall be the Provincial Administration of Blessed
Sacrament Province of the Congregation de Notre Dame, or its successors; specify
the reserved powers of the members of the corporation; substitute dissolution
language to provide for distribution of the remaining assets of the corporation
to the Blessed Sacrament Province of the Congregation de Notre Dame, or its
successor, a Roman Catholic religious order, for its educational and charitable
purposes; add language necessary to
maintain tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue code §501(c)(3); specify the
principal office of the corporation at 3335 Country Club Road, Bronx, New York
10465; and designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent for the purpose
of service of process. The Office of Nonpublic
School Services recommends that the charter
be amended and restated accordingly.
ORDER OF
CONSOLIDATION
No. 13
THE CHILDREN’S CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING AND
THE
CHILDREN’S CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING, INC.
Brooklyn,
The board of trustees and the board of
directors have petitioned the Board of Regents, pursuant to Education Law §223,
for an order of consolidation of The Children’s Center for Early Learning and
The Children’s Center for Early Learning, Inc. The Children’s Center for Early Learning
has petitioned the Board of Regents for a provisional charter. The Children’s Center for Early
Learning, Inc. was incorporated under §402 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law
(NFP) on August 8, 1995. Upon the effective date of the consolidation of The
Children’s Center for Early Learning and The Children’s Center for Early
Learning, Inc., The Children’s Center for Early Learning, the surviving
corporation, will assume all the assets, liabilities and responsibilities of
both organizations. The
consolidated corporation will operate under the provisional charter granted to
The Children’s Center for Early Learning. 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 a provisional
charter does not constitute approval for state funding for programs and
services under the jurisdiction of VESID.
The
Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that an order of consolidation of
The Children’s Center for Early Learning and The Children’s Center for Early
Learning, Inc. be granted, forming The Children’s Center for Early
Learning.
DISSOLUTION OF
CHARTER
No. 14
Port Jefferson Station,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents on November 14, 2003 to operate a
preschool for children from three to five years of age. The board of trustees has
petitioned the Board of Regents for the dissolution of the charter. The school
is no longer in operation and all taxes payable by the corporation have been
paid. The corporation has no
remaining assets or student records for disposition. The Office of Nonpublic School Services
recommends that the provisional charter of
APPLICATION
FOR REGENTS CONSENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED
NAME
No. 15
Hyde Park,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation under the corporate name “
HIGHER AND
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
AMENDMENT OF CHARTER
1.
APPLICATION
FOR REGENTS CONSENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED
NAME
2.
Training
Institute of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis,
III. HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION
No. 1
Hempstead,
A provisional charter was granted to this
corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name
“
APPLICATION
FOR REGENTS CONSENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED
NAME
No. 1
TRAINING INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on February 23, 1962 to establish and maintain an institution of learning for the instruction of students in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. Such provisional charter was made absolute by Regents action on February 24, 1967. The board of trustees has requested that the Board of Regents consent to the filing of certificates of assumed name pursuant to General Business Law §130 to authorize the corporation to use the assumed names “Theodor Reik Clinical Center for Psychotherapy (TRCC)” and “212ANALYST.” The Office of Professions recommends that the consent of the Board of Regents to the filing of such certificates of assumed names be granted.