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.
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Budget priorities for FY 2024: Urge the City Council to restore the savage cuts made to school budgets this year
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 […]
Planning for class size reduction: presentation to Public Advocate office
March 9, 2023 See here or below, presentation provided the Public Advocate’s office.
Tonight’s Talk out of School, new capital plan cuts to schools, the charter cap and more!
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 […]
New proposed capital plan cuts $2.3B for new school seats compared to plan adopted in 2021
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 […]
Why the charter cap should NOT be raised & what should CECs and parents do about this.
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 […]
State budget testimony: Mayor plans to making even more cuts to school budgets next year, despite $568 million more in state Foundation aid
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, […]
Send a message today, urging the Gov & Legislature: Don’t raise the cap on charters; instead repeal NYC’s obligation to give them with space & require more accountability!
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, […]
Last chance in 2022 to help us fight for a quality education!
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 […]
Mayor proposes additional cuts of $800 million to DOE; how school budgets would be affected unclear
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 […]
Check out our new video: why class size matters!
Sign our petition for smaller classes
Click here to sign our petition for the smaller classes that our kids will need next year more than ever before.
How you can help NYC kids get smaller classes — & why this matters!
Click the image below for an FAQ on class size and how you can help us make this a reality for NYC kids!
NYC Public School Parents Blog
- Council Education chair Rita Joseph and her colleagues urge Legislature -- don't raise the charter cap! March 24, 2023
- My twitter spat with Core DeAngelis and Talk out of School podcast on the well-funded assault on our public schools February 26, 2023
- Success Academy's aggressive expansion efforts despite falling enrollment, their questionable "waiting lists" and over $13 million per year spent on marketing February 25, 2023
- PS 145 begs for more space, with overcrowding worsened by co-location and now influx of refugee students February 16, 2023
- What the Chancellor said on class size and raising the charter cap; & Mayor proposes to cut school budgets next year once again February 16, 2023
