The Renewal Process
The renewal process is a routine evaluation during the last year of a charter school’s contract to see if the school will receive another contract to continue operating in the future. The renewal process is based on a school’s SPRI (School Performance Renewal Index) and what kind of growth it made with its students. The SPRI uses the same components that the state uses for its School Performance Scores (SPS scores) but weights the components differently so that growth has greater importance. For most schools, the SPRI looks at the last two years of a school’s SPS data. If a school is in its first contract, it is the better of either the most recent year’s data or the average of its two most recent years’ data. A school’s financial and organizational performance can also impact renewal.
All members of the community are welcome to attend a meeting to learn more about the renewal process that all charter schools must undergo when their contracts are nearing their end. Information on the meetings can be found below:
Date Time School Part of Town Tuesday, September 23rd 5:30PM Booker T. Washington High School Uptown Thursday, September 25th 5:30PM Livingston Collegiate Academy New Orleans East Wednesday, October 1 5:30PM Dorothy Height Charter School Westbank
Locations of Meetings:
2025-2026 Renewal Schools
Arthur Ashe Charter School Audubon Gentilly Charter School Booker T Washington (KIPP) Dorothy Height Charter School (formerly Paul Habans) Edward Hynes Charter School at Parkview Homer A. Plessy Community School KIPP Believe KIPP Central City KIPP Morial Langston Hughes Charter Academy Livingston Collegiate Academy Morris Jeff Community School Young Audiences at Crocker
Renewal Date Lookup
Use the tool below to find your school’s contract end date. Contracts are considered for renewal the fall before they end (for example, a contract ending June 30, 2026 would be up for renewal in the 2025–26 school year).
