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List of Charter Schools
For a list of schools, use the following link(s):
New York State Education Department
New York State Charter School Resource Center

Overview
Year of Law: 1998 (see Legislative Summary) Number of Charter Schools: 94 Number of Enrolled Students: 25736
Details: not available Web Communities: not available Discussions: New York Discussion Group

Key Contacts

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Darlene Mengel
Charter School Unit
Room 365 EBA
Albany, New York 12234
Ph: (518)474-1762
Fx: (518)474-3209
dmengel@mail.nysed.gov

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Kent Gardner
1 South Washington Street
Suite 400
Rochester, New York 14614-1125
Ph: (585) 327-7054
Fx: (585) 325-2612
kgardner@cgr.org

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Lydell Carter
Director
New Visions for Public Schools
96 Morton Street
New York, New York 10014
Ph: 212-645-5110
Fx: 212-645-7409
lydellc@newvisions.org

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Patricia Pitts
Executive Director
300 Main Place Tower
Buffalo, New York 14202
Ph: 716/852-2762 x113
Fx: 716/852-2761
ppitts@buffniag.org.

Legislative Summary
Law:   The Charter Schools Act of 1998, Article 56

Amendment(s):   not available

Authorizers:   For conversions, local school boards. For start-ups, the State University of New York board of trustees (up to 50 start-ups) and the New York State Board of Regents (up to 50 start-ups). For the New York City Public Schools, the local chancellor charters conversions and start-ups.

Length of charter:   5 years

Caps on number of schools:   The law sets a limit of 100 charter schools. However, public schools that elect to convert to become charter schools are not included in the count.

Funding:   About two-thirds of per-pupil funding.
Financing Charter Schools