General Directions for Applicants

Provide responses to all applicable items in the application guide. All responses should be double-spaced. Use size 12 Times New Roman font.
Group and number responses according to the sections and item numbers in the application guide. Provide a Table of Contents.
Make sure each page is consecutively numbered. Tab and paginate all attachments.
Provide an original (i.e., the version with original signatures) and ten (10) copies of the application. You must also provide a copy of the application and any subsequent revision(s) to the school district in which the charter school would be located.
The statement of assurances must be signed by all applicants and by all members of the initial board of trustees. Subsequent revised applications must contain a new statement of assurances signed by all applicants and all members of the initial board of trustees.
All applications become the property of the State Education Department; they will not be returned to the applicants.
Applications may be submitted to any one of three charter entities: the Board of Regents, a local school board, or, in New York City, the Chancellor. Applications for public school conversions must be submitted to the local school board or, in New York City, the Chancellor. Applications submitted to the Board of Regents may not be simultaneously submitted to another charter entity.
Applicants applying to the Board of Regents may send or deliver completed applications to:

Public School Choice Programs
State Education Department
Room 462 EBA
Albany, New York 12234
(518) 474-1762

New York City applicants only: Please send/deliver seven (7) copies to:

Attention: Carol Wallace
Office of School Improvement and Community Services (NYC)
State Education Department
Room 375 EBA
Albany, New York 12234
(518) 474-5283

and send/deliver three (3) copies to:

Office of School Improvement and Community Services (NYC)
State Education Department
55 Hanson Place, Room 400
Brooklyn, New York 11217

For information on applying to the New York City Chancellor, applicants may contact:

Office of New Schools
New York City Department of Education
152 Chambers Street, Room 405
New York, New York 10007
Attn. Andrea Zayas
(212) 374-6819

Applicants desiring to apply to a local board of education or the State University of New York Board of Trustees should contact those entities for information on application procedures.

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