Mayor Eric Adams at his old high school, Bayside High School in QueensState lawmakers have struck an agreement on bills that would extend mayoral control of the New York City school system for two years and mandate reductions in public school class size.
Legislative leaders reached the agreement late Monday, introducing a pair of bills that will be ready for a vote Thursday – the last day of the Legislature’s annual session in Albany. The two-year timeframe is less than what Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul were lobbying for and is designed to give parents more control over school governancecould dramatically shrink classes, a move many parents and educators say is the key to improving public school students’ academic and social growth.
“If enacted I think it will be a sea change for New York City students and their ability to learn,” said Leonie Haimson, executive director of the advocacy group Class Size Matters. “These are really, really big class size changes, but they’re within our grasp.” Haimson said, “We’re going to keep a very close eye to make sure that with any exemption or pause in the timetable there has to be a really good excuse for it and if not we’re ready to file complaints and go to court."Leonie Haimson, executive director of the advocacy group Class Size Matters
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