Here are the eight applications for charter schools in the pipeline — seven for new schools and one for an existing school to expand:

•Two proposals have already received “preliminary approval” from the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education: the Segue Institute, a middle school in Central Falls; and the Urban League Middle College in East Providence. The schools hoped to open last fall but a lack of state financing stuck them in limbo.

“We started this process back in 2006 and we are ready,” said Angelo Garcia, a sponsor of the Segue Institute. “We can open this fall for up to 70 students in both sixth and seventh grade. We have a location and we are now looking for teachers.”

Segue would need about $700,000 to open this fall, Garcia estimates.

The Urban League will most likely not ask the Regents for financing their school this fall, as the organization would need several more months to plan, hire teachers and find a building, said Bill Bentley, the Urban League’s director of planning.

•The Paul Cuffee School in Providence hopes to receive $800,000 that would allow it to expand into ninth grade this fall. The K-8 school’s plan is to expand to a full high school.

“I have confidence in the thoughtfulness and fairness of the Board of Regents to make the decision,” said Cuffee’s head of school, David Bourns. “Whether or not we can open a high school this fall depends on when we get final confirmation for the funding.”

•Two proposals — the Greene School, an environmental high school serving 210 students in Exeter and West Greenwich, and the Nathanael Greene/Potowomut Charter School in Warwick — have been “recommended” by the state Department of Education, but have not been granted “preliminary approval.” Public hearings were held in 2008.

Laura Wilkinson, one of the parents proposing the Nathanael Greene/Potowomut School, a preK-6 school that would serve 140-180 students from across the state, says she hopes the school receives $700,000 in state financing.

“One thing we have that is an advantage over everyone else is that we have a $750,000 federal grant for planning purposes,” Wilkinson said. “But we can’t spend any of it until we know we are approved to open in September 2009.”

•Three other groups have recently submitted proposals to the state Department of Education and will have public hearings this month, including a new type of regional charter, a mayoral academy in Cumberland that would be run by Democracy Prep, a New York-based charter school operator.The other two are: the Enki Community School, a K-8 school serving 198 students, and Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts, a 7-12 performing arts school for 204 students, both in Providence.

— Jennifer D. Jordan

jjordan@projo.com