CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Top state education policymakers for the first time have rejected applications for two new charter schools, including one in Truxton in Cortland County.

The Board of Regents Monday voted down an application for the proposed Truxton Academy Charter School, about 10 miles from Homer, and another charter school in Westchester County.

Board members said the proposed schools' curriculums were not very innovative, according to Chalkbeat, an education news website. They also worried the schools would drain resources from their surrounding districts, potentially forcing them to cut extracurricular programs from traditional schools.

Charter schools are independently managed, publicly funded schools operating under a charter or contract between the school and the state.

The board approved seven new charter schools last year, and is set to approve at least eight this year.

The Truxton charter school, aimed at students in kindergarten through 4th grade, would be in the Homer Central School District. The school was proposed after the closing of Hartnett Elementary School in 2015.

The proposed charter school on its website bills itself as the "first agri-based rural charter school" in the state.

At a recent public hearing in Homer High School, some residents expressed fear the charter school would increase school taxes and hurt the Homer Central School District, according to the Cortland Voice news website.

Supporters of the proposed school said it would attract families and businesses to the area.