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Finance & Funding Opportunities for Charter Schools

Finance

Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act FundingÌý(7/20/2020)

Commissioner's Regulations Section 119.1Ìý - Financing of Charter Schools

2016-17 State Aid Handbook (for Transitional Aid)Ìý

Funding Opportunities for Charter Schools

In fall 2024, the New York State Education Department was awarded a five-year Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grant by the U.S. Department of Education.Ìý Authorized by Title IV, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, CSP provides funding to expand opportunities for all students, particularly traditionally underserved students, to attend high-quality public charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards; provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools; increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the United States; evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement, families, and communities; share best practices between charter schools and other public schools; encourage States to provide facilities support to charter schools; and support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process.

С槼ºÖ±²¥'s CSP project will support grants to 30 new charter schools along with grants to 25 expanding high-quality charter schools and achieve four main objectives:

  1. Add 18,750 new seats within areas that have historically served high-need student populations in disproportionately large numbers.
  2. Improve student academic outcomes in New York State charter schools.
  3. Promote the dissemination of effective practices that lead to improved academic achievement.
  4. Strengthen the overall quality of New York State charter authorizing. Ìý

CSP planning and implementation (or start-up) grants and expansion grants will be awarded though periodic competitive grant processes. Start-up grants are available to new charter schools for the planning, program design, and implementation of the new charter school. Expansion grants are available for the planning, program design, and implementation of an expanding charter school. Separate requests for grant proposals for each type of grant will be issued by С槼ºÖ±²¥ and made publicly available here and on С槼ºÖ±²¥'s .

CSP Start-Up Grant Request for Proposals - posted 06/17/2025 with a due date of 07/31/2025

The purpose of this request for proposals (RFP) is to solicit applications for CSP start-up grants for a three-year period beginning September 1, 2025.Ìý Fourteen grants of up to $2 million are available to successful applicants.Ìý The applications will be reviewed and scored by external peer reviewers using the rubric in the RFP; an application must receive an average score or 60 or greater to be awarded.

In accordance with the application instructions in the RFP, the following templates must be used to prepare a CSP start-up grant application:

Please note that a charter school education corporation must to do business with New York State agencies before they can compete for a CSP start-up grant.Ìý Successful applicants will also meet the State's Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) requirement (see RFP for details and instructions).

CSP Grant Resources:

С槼ºÖ±²¥ CSP Grant Allowable Cost Guide (4/26/25) – This guidance is meant for potential applicants for CSP start-up grants and CSP expansion grants from С槼ºÖ±²¥.Ìý Its contents are subject to change by С槼ºÖ±²¥ at any time.

С槼ºÖ±²¥ CSP Enrollment Policy (5/7/25)Ìý– All CSP subgrantees must make their enrollment plan, including information regarding the use of a lottery or weighted lottery, public. The enrollment plans of CSP subgrantees are subject to annual monitoring by С槼ºÖ±²¥ and its representatives to ensure that the plans adhere to this guidance.

Other potential sources of funds include:

Consolidated Application for ESSA-Funded ProgramsÌý- All charter schools are eligible to receive funds from Title I, Part A; Title II, Part A; Title III, Part A Immigrant; Title III, Part A ELL; Title IV, Part A; and Title V, Part B.

Ìý- This is a competitive grant program administered by the SUNY Charter Schools Institute that focuses on facility construction, renovation, financing, leasehold improvements, and other facility related expenses.

Ìý- Charter schools may be eligible for other grant programs administered by С槼ºÖ±²¥. Grant applications are released on an ongoing basis.

Ìý- Charter schools may be eligible for grant programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education.