§ 2853. Charter school organization; oversight; facilities. 1.\nOrganization and legal status. (a) Upon the approval of a charter by\nthe board of regents, the board of regents shall incorporate the charter\nschool as an education corporation for a term not to exceed five years,\nprovided however in the case of charters issued pursuant to subdivision\nnine-a of section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this article the\nboard of regents shall incorporate the charter school as an education\ncorporation for a term not to exceed five years in which instruction is\nprovided to pupils plus the period commencing with the effective date of\nthe charter and ending with the opening of the school for instruction.\nSuch certificate of incorporation shall not modify or limit any terms of\nthe charter approved by the board of regents. Upon approval of an\napplication to renew a charter, the board of regents shall extend the\ncertificate of incorporation for a term not to exceed five years. Upon\ntermination or nonrenewal of the charter of a charter school pursuant to\nsection twenty-eight hundred fifty-five of this article, the certificate\nof incorporation of the charter school shall be revoked by the board of\nregents pursuant to section two hundred nineteen of this chapter,\nprovided that compliance with the notice and hearing requirements of\nsuch section twenty-eight hundred fifty-five of this article shall be\ndeemed to satisfy the notice and hearing requirements of such section\ntwo hundred nineteen. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the\ncharter school to obtain federal tax-exempt status no later than one\nyear following approval of a charter school by the board of regents. For\npurposes of this article, "certificate of incorporation" shall mean the\nprovisional charter issued by the board of regents to form the charter\nschool as an educational corporation pursuant to sections two hundred\nsixteen and two hundred seventeen of this chapter.\n (b) An education corporation organized to operate a charter school\nshall have all corporate powers necessary and desirable for carrying out\na charter school program in accordance with the provisions of this\narticle, other applicable laws and regulations and the terms of the\ncharter, including all of the powers of an education corporation formed\nto operate an elementary or secondary school and those powers granted\nunder the provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law that are made\napplicable to charter schools by section two hundred sixteen-a of this\nchapter. The powers of the trustees of the charter school shall include\nthose powers specified in section two hundred twenty-six of this\nchapter.\n (b-1) An education corporation operating a charter school shall be\nauthorized to operate more than one school or house any grade at more\nthan one site, provided that a charter must be issued for each such\nadditional school or site in accordance with the requirements for the\nissuance of a charter pursuant to this article and that each such\nadditional school or site shall count as a charter issued pursuant to\nsubdivision nine of section twenty eight hundred fifty-two of this\narticle; and provided further that:\n (A) a charter school may operate in more than one building at a single\nsite; and\n (B) a charter school which provides instruction to its students at\ndifferent locations for a portion of their school day shall be deemed to\nbe operating at a single site.\n (c) A charter school shall be deemed an independent and autonomous\npublic school, except as otherwise provided in this article, and a\npolitical subdivision having boundaries coterminous with the school\ndistrict or community school district in which the charter school is\nlocated. The charter entity and the board of regents shall be deemed to\nbe the public agents authorized to supervise and oversee the charter\nschool.\n (d) The powers granted to a charter school under this article\nconstitute the performa
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