Charter School Resource Hub
This page contains resources and information about the Save for College Program that is specific to charter schools. It is only intended for participating charter school partners, and is meant to supplement the information on the School Partners page.
Professional Learning: Recorded Training Modules
Professional Learning: Recorded Training Modules
Below you will find pre-recorded training modules about various aspects of the Save for College Program. For more information about upcoming live Professional Learning sessions, please visit the School Partners page.
Rolling Opt-out Process for Charter Schools
Rolling Opt-out Process for Charter Schools
Kindergarten and first grade students who enroll in a participating NYC charter school on or after November 1, 2022 will be automatically enrolled in the Save for College Program unless their parents/guardians choose to “opt out.”
- Parents/guardians may opt out of the program by completing and returning an Opt-out Notice and Form to their child’s school for data entry into ATS within a defined 30-day period. If a family opts out, they will not receive an NYC Scholarship Account, they will not receive the initial $100 allocation, and their student’s data will not be shared with NYC Kids RISE and the technology vendor VistaShare. Parents/guardians who want to participate in the Program simply take NO ACTION during the Opt-out Process.
- Starting November 2nd, personalized Opt-out Notice and Forms will automatically print at your school, via ATS, as new students become eligible for the Program during the 2022–23 school year; please backpack these letters home with students ASAP, along with the Program information contained in the Education Period Toolkit.
Guidance on Using ATS for the Opt-Out Process
The DOE ATS Wiki contains detailed instructions on printing personalized opt out letters and guidance for logging opt-out requests.
Participation Status Change
(Cancellation and Re-enrollment)
Participation Status Change
(Cancellation and Re-enrollment)
After a student’s Opt-out Period ends, parent and guardians can choose to cancel their student’s participation in the Save for College Program at any time. Also, if a parent or guardians initially opted out, or at some point canceled their student’s participation in the Program, they can request to enroll (or re-enroll) an eligible student in the Program at any time before the end of their fifth-grade year.
Parents and guardians can update their child’s participation status (Cancel or Enroll/Re-enroll) by filling out a Participation Status Change Form and turning it into their school for data entry and storage in the student’s cumulative folder. The Participation Status Change Form can be found below in the 10 DOE languages.
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