FAQ on the new NY State class size law
Here and below is an FAQ on the new NY State class size law, that will require NYC public schools to phase in smaller class size caps in all schools at much lower levels over the next five years.
Here and below is an FAQ on the new NY State class size law, that will require NYC public schools to phase in smaller class size caps in all schools at much lower levels over the next five years.
Our education budget priorities for next year, FY 2024, are here and below. They are focused on the need for schools to have their budgets restored and the cuts made this year reversed. If you agree with these proposals, please forward them to your City Council Member. We have also drafted a new resolution for […]
March 9, 2023 See here or below, presentation provided the Public Advocate’s office.
March 5, 2023 Tonight, Sunday on the WBAI radio show #Talk out of School at 7 PM EST, I’ll be interviewing new PEP member Naveed Hasan on the influx of refugee children in NYC schools – are they getting enough support? Also, parent advocate Cassie Creswell will talk about the fascinating Chicago mayoral race in […]
March 5, 2023 The new proposed amendment to the 5-year capital plan for schools was recently released; you can check it out here. Compared to the capital plan adopted in June 2021, the DOE/SCA wants to cut the number of new school seats to be built by 38% — or over 21,000. This is inconceivable […]
Updated March 5, 2023 You can send an email to your Legislators here, in opposition to Gov. Hochul’s proposal to lift the NYC charter cap and that instead the charter law needs to be strengthened, to eliminate NYC’s onerous and unfair obligation to provide all new and expanding charter schools with space, remove loopholes which […]
Feb. 12, 2023 Below see Class Size Matters’ testimony from last week’s State education budget hearings, which describe some of the many reasons we are extremely concerned that the DOE is not prepared to meet the class size limits in the new state law, especially in the out years, given repeated cuts to school budgets, […]
Feb. 7, 2023 Last week, Gov. Hochul proposed raising the cap on charter schools so that 100-300 more could be authorized statewide and in NYC, since every new charter school is allowed to expand to all grade levels. Charters are already costing the city about $3 billion per year, and this could double the cost, […]
Dec.27, 2022 1. In the last few days of 2022, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Class Size Matters, so we can continue making progress in 2023. It was a landmark year as we helped persuade the NY State legislature to pass a new law to require smaller classes in all grades in the […]
January 13, 2023 Yesterday, the Mayor released his preliminary budget for next year. DOE as a whole would be cut by another $800 million, over and above a cut of an additional $176 million made in November. Though more than $500 million of these reductions appear to relate to the decision to halt the further […]