# U.S. Department of Education

Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)


# C HARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZER ANNUAL UPDATE

The National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement are updating a national database of all charter authorizers and the schools they have chartered. This data update is designed to gather information about charter school closures and renewals for the database

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Answers to this data update and information gathered from public records will be posted at: http :// www

. charterscho olcenter .org/

Your participation in this data update is important to inform federal and state efforts to support and strengthen charter school authorizing.

We encourage you to complete this data update online. To do so, please go to : http://auth.charterschoolcenter.org/authorizerupdate

If you have any questions, please contact the National Charter School Resource Center at: authorizerupdate@air.org or
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# Authorized Schools

Step 1, Part 1: School List and Opening Date

1. Please review the information below and provide any missing information in the columns as indicated. You may update the first school year of

student enrollment.

2. Please enter school status for each school

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a. If you authorize any schools that are not listed below, even if multiple schools are operating under a single charter, please add them by clicking on the “add a school” button below.



## b. If any schools listed in the table below are not currently authoriz ed by you and have been mistakenly listed, please indicate them in the

school status column.



## c. If any schools have been transferred to you, please indicate below by adding as a new school and indicating status as New School Authorized in

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School name NCES ID (12

- digit) State School ID State District ID First school year of

student enrollment (Example: 2005

– 06) NOTE: This field is required for every

school

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School Status : Not under your oversight; Closed;

New School

Authorized in 201 2

- 1 3 ; Existing School

Check here to add any schools missing from the schools list , including schools that have opened in the past year. Note: S aved information will be added to the school list in
alphabetical order. 

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# Step 1, Part 2: Renewal Information

1. We’ve pre

- populated some of your information from last year. If it is incorrect

, please enter correct the information.

Please check the box to confirm the information listed below is correct and you have no changes to make.

School name Final school year of previous charter term, if

school is not in

its first charter

term (Example:

2010

– 11) Final sc hool year

of current charter term (Example:

2014

– 15) Is the charter

school currently

i n cautionary or

remedial status? Does the school

have a provisional charter? (i.e.

, a
shortened charter term) Is this school

closed? I f so, please complete Step 2 for each

closed school

.

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N 

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# Step 1

, Part 3: School Characteristics

1. We’ve pre

- populated some of your information from last year. If incorrect, please enter correct information.
Please check the box to confirm the information listed below is correct and you have no changes to make.

School name

Is this school an

alternative school?* If yes, describe population served. 1=Dropout prevention/recovery 2=Adjudicated youth 3=Homeless youth

4= Students in foster

care 5=Pregnant or parenting teens 6=Credit recovery 7=Other (please describe) Is this a cyber or

virtual school? ( All

courses must be

online

. Do not

include blended or hybrid programs. ) Was this charter

school converted

from a traditional

district school? If this school is a conversion, was the

school converted to charter as part of a

school turnaround

effort?

Y N Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Y N Y N

* Alternative schools are defined as: schools serving a student population in which 80 percent or more of the students belong to at least one of the following cate gories: former
dropouts; students at high risk of dropping out; expelled students or those at high risk of expulsion; adjudicated youth, homeless youth; youth in, or transitioning from, foster care;
pregnant or parenting teens. Alternative schools are not simply defined by serving high percentages of low

- income students or English language learners. 

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# Step 1 , Part 4 : New Schools

Please provide the information requested for new schools you have chartered in the last year. This includes schools that transferred to you. To add a new school, please return to Step 1, Part 1 , and "a dd a school."

School name Did this school transfer to you from another authorizing agency?

Y N
If yes, please list the date of transfer and the name of the previous

authorizer

. First School Year of your oversight : ______________________

_ Previous a uthorizer name: __________________________

Y N
If yes, please list the date of transfer and the name of the previous

authorizer

. First School Year of your oversight : ________________________ Previous a uthorizer name: _____________________

_____

Y N
If yes, please list the date of transfer and the name of the previous

authorizer

. First School Year of your oversight : ________________________ Previous a uthorizer name: _____________________

_____

Y N
If yes, please list the date of transfer and the name of the previous

authorizer

. First School Year of your oversight : ________________________ Previous a uthorizer name: __________________________ 

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# Step 2: Schools N ot U nder Y our O versight, I ncluding S chool C losures

Please provide the following additional information for any school that is no longer under your oversight. If a school listed in Step 1 was never authorized by you, please indicate that below and choose Option 5 in the Reason column.

School name Reason Closure Information

Check one

. When was the

decision made

to close this

school? (mm/yy) What was

the

effective closing

date of this

school? (mm/yy) Type of closure ( C heck one

. ) Reason(s) for

school closure (Please check all that apply

. )

1

. School closed ( please fill out remaining sections to the right )

2

. School moved under the oversight of another authorizer (please list the final school year of your oversight and the

name of the new authorizer ) :
Final School Year of your oversight:

____________________________ Name of new authorizer:

____________________________ 3

. School converted back to traditional

district school status

Final School Year of your oversight:

___________________________ 4

. School consolidated or merged with another charter school under your

authorization

Date of merger:

____________________________ School(s) merged with:

____________________________ 5

. School was never authorized by y our

agency
6. Other, please explain:

___________________________ 1

. Nonrenewal at end of

charter term

2

. Revocation of charter

before end of charter term as a result of regularly sched uled high

- stakes review process

3. Revocation of charter
before end of charter term, but

not as a result of a regularly scheduled high

- stakes review

4. Voluntary

closure/surrender of charter 1. Academic

2. Compliance

3. Enrollment

4. Facilities

5. Financial

6. Governance

7. Other __________ 

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# Step 3: Cautionary or Remedial Status

Please provide the following

, additional

, information for any charter school that you have placed under a cautionary or remedial status in the past year.

School name Was the action

taken as the

result of a

formal review?

(Check one

. ) If yes, what type of review?

( Please check all that apply .) Reason for cautionary/remedial action taken (Please check all that apply .) Please describe the action taken.

Y N 1

. Review to inform

renewal process

2

. High

- stakes review outside of renewal process

3

. Other, please specify:

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________ 1

. Academic

2

. Compliance

3

. Enrollment

4

. Facilities

5

. Financial

6

. Governance

7

. Other

___________________

__________________________

Y N 1 . Review to inform

renewal process

2

. High

- stakes review outside of renewal process

3 . Other, please specify:

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________ 1 . Academic

2 . Compliance

3 . Enrollment

4 . Facilities

5 . Financial

6 . Governance

7 . Other

___________________

__________________________

Y N 1 . Review to inform

renewal process

2 . High

- stakes review outside of renewal process

3 . Other, please specify:

_______________________

____________________ ___

_______________________

_______________________ 1 . Academic

2 . Compliance

3 . Enrollment

4

. Facilities

5 . Financial

6 . Governance

7 . Other

___________________

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# Step 4: Authorizer Standards and Practices/Renewal Process

1 . Do you conduct high

- stakes charter school reviews at any time other than during the renewal process ?
(e.g., if charter terms are for fifteen years, are high

- stakes reviews conducted every five years, with the possibility of closure as a result of the review?)

YES If yes, a . W hen do you conduct these reviews (e.g., every five years)?

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b. Is this time period legislated by your state charter law? Yes No

NO

2 . In which quarter do you make most of your charter renewal decisions?



### January

– March April

– June July

– September October

– December

3 . Do you allow automatic renewals? Yes No

If yes, under what conditions? ______________________________________________________

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. Are all the charter schools that you authorize chartered/certified for the same length of time?

YES If yes, a. What is the length of charters? ___________ years

b . Is this time period legislated by your state charter law? Yes No

NO If no, describe how charter length is set for charter schools that you authorize:

_________________________

5 . Do you use a standard renewal protocol across all schools? Yes No

6 . How many charter applications did you receive between 7/1/11 and 6/30/12?

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7 . How many charter applications did you approve between 7/1/11 and 6/30/12?

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8. Do you allow or require an incubation or planning period for new charter schools?

YES, we require an incubation period

YES, we allow an incubation period 

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9 . Do any of your schools have multiple authorizers? Yes No

If yes, please list school s and authorizers: ____________________________________



# Step 5: Is there any additional information you would like to share?

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# Step 6: Contact Information

Please provide your contact information:

Name

__________________________________________________________________________________

Title

__________________________________________ __________________________________________

Phone Number

___________________________________________________________________________

E

- mail Address

___________________________________________________________________________

Backup E

- mail Address (of a col league in the charter office)

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# Thank you for your time!

If you have any questions, please contact the National Charter School Resource Center at: authorizerupdate@air.org or
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