This is from Senator on John Liu on Twitter:
We understand it is a two-year extension. This is from Chalkbeat's Reema Amin and reporter Zack Fink on Twitter:
We read most of the text of the companion lower class size bill. It is actual class sizes of 20 for K-3, 23 for 4-8, and 25 for the high schools except for music and physical education which would be 40. The class size plan has to be for now and must be fully implemented by 2027. You can read some of the bill text yourself if you are looking for loopholes.
In a city school district in a city having a population of
29 one million or more inhabitants such contract shall also include a plan,
30 which shall be developed in collaboration with the collective bargaining
31 units representing teachers and the principals and signed off on by the
32 chancellor and the presidents of each bargaining unit, to reduce [aver-
33 age] actual class sizes, [as defined by the commissioner, within five
34 years for the following grade ranges: (A) pre-kindergarten-third grade]
35 beginning September two thousand twenty-two and to be achieved by
36 September two thousand twenty-seven for all classes, with the exception
37 of physical education and performing groups, as follows: (1) kindergar-
38 ten-third grade to have no more than twenty students per class; [(B)]
39 (2) fourth-eighth grade to have no more than twenty-three students per
40 class; and [(C)] (3) high school to have no more than twenty-five
41 students per class. [Such] Physical education and performing groups
42 shall have no more than forty students per class at all levels. Each
43 year of the plan, an additional twenty percent of the classrooms in the
44 city school district, excluding special education classes, shall be in
45 compliance with the class size targets such that the city school
46 district is in full compliance by two thousand twenty-seven and all
47 classes should maintain the target class size. The class size reduction
48 plan shall prioritize schools serving populations with higher poverty
49 levels.
50 (B) The class size reduction plan shall include [class size reduction
51 for low performing and overcrowded schools and also] any exemptions to
52 the class size targets. These exemptions shall be limited to: (1) space;
53 (2) over-enrolled students; (3) license area shortages; and (4) severe
54 economic distress. Any such exemptions shall be approved by the chancel-
55 lor and the presidents of the collective bargaining units representing
56 the teachers and the principals as part of the class size reduction
A. 10498 5
1 plan. Should the chancellor and the presidents of the collective
2 bargaining units representing the teachers and the principals be unable
3 to reach agreement on the exemptions after thirty days, the issue shall
4 be determined by an arbitrator. In addition, any exemption based on
5 available space shall include a reference to the capital budget to
6 demonstrate that the budget is aligned with resolving the exemption
7 status. Exempted classes, for the years in which they are exempt, and
8 special education classes shall not count toward the twenty percent
9 target.
10 (C) The class size reduction plan shall also include the methods to be
11 used to achieve [such] the class [sizes] size targets, such as the
12 creation or construction of more classrooms and school buildings, the
13 placement of more than one teacher in a classroom or methods to other-
14 wise reduce the student to teacher ratio[; provided, however, that
15 notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the sole
16 and exclusive remedy for a violation of the requirements of this para-
17 graph shall be pursuant to a petition to the commissioner under subdivi-
18 sion seven of section three hundred ten of this title, and the decision
19 of the commissioner on such petition shall be final and unreviewable],
20 but only as a temporary measure until more classrooms are made available
21 in conformance with the plan. For elective and specialty classes, the
22 collective bargaining unit representing teachers may negotiate class
23 sizes higher than the targets if such increase is approved by a majority
24 of the staff in the school.
30 comments:
Total Bullshit. Fake News!
The democrat politicians will never ever give up on mayoral control
which has been a failed policy for improving educational outcomes again and again. The democrats are racists posing as anti-racists.
Also, they have a track record of not honoring their responsibility
to lower class size. In the past, NY state democrats violated the
CFE ruling , (Campaign for Fiscal Equity ruling) and did not pay for smaller class sizes after 2008.
This is a total fraud by NY state and NY city. Do not expect any follow up on smaller class size. They won't pay for it. Total bullshit.
NY state still owes 3.5 billion dollars of CFE money.
The agreement is totally fake. NY democrats are racist hypocrites, period.
The criminal mismanagement, cronyism and corrupt contracts will continue. The children of NY city will continue to be cheated.
Soooooo, what are the class size caps going to be? Will this kick in September?
They extended mayoral control for another 2 years in exchange for smaller class sizes in 5 years? What does one thing have to do with the other? Can someone explain?
Sounds like more of the same! Been there and did that. (SPACE) Exemptions and excuses will continue so as to continue status quo. We are trying BUT... no space, overpopulated... etc..etc...
Our schools need real space! How about space to have special needs kids in full size classrooms or cluster rooms where kids can receive the full experience of science labs, cooking or art classes instead of hybrid models inside half classrooms with traveling teachers.
This is total bullshit. 2027? I'll be retired then. What a scam.
Hmmm.. how much square footage of space is designated to children within classrooms?
Gen. Ed Elementary ?
D75 Special needs kids?
There is a number!
I'll tell ya' what's gonna happen. Class sizes will be with 50 kids in one room BUT with 2 teachers. Trust me, that's how they are gonna do it.
I can see the smaller class size is going to be a scheduling and logistics nightmare. What teachers don’t realize is smaller classes mean more classes. More classes need more rooms. So many schools are squeezed into one school. Get ready to see high schools with 10,11,12,13 periods. Also are they going to be able to afford all the extra teachers. I also like how the doe gets 5 years to implement something while teachers are lucky to get 2 days to implement something.
More racist educational funding. More criminal mismanagement of NY city schools. Nothing has changed.
What is the penalty for not complying with the smaller class size agreement? Who wants to bet nothing changes and there is no penalty.
If you think there’s ever to be smaller class size—-then I have a bridge to sell you.
NY state does not plan to fund smaller class sizes. They will not be forced to comply with the "agreement". It is a fake agreement.
NY state did not comply with the CFE ruling. NY state legislators
frequently end up in prison.
The schools will produce fake graduation statistics, fake diplomas , fake Regents results and it will all be done for their political expediency.
NY state education is fake.
This mayoral control transaction creates another reputational stain for the NY state legislature.
Those of us who have decades in the system know that declarations of emergency and waivers are how the doe will get away with NEVER lowering class size. Then after overusing their declarations and waivers we will get a remedy that falls way too short… such as what 6:48 pm said. Until the majority of parents demand change, nothing will change in nyc schools. Parental apathy is what’s really wrong in education. Fix that and other things fall into place.
It's rare that a piece of legislation combines all the possible worst outcomes, but Senator Liu & the legislative leadership have accomplished it. Adding more members to the PEP will make those 'til 2 AM meetings become 'til 4 AM meetings while keeping the Mayor's absolute majority to ram through any nonsense on their agendas of the week. It gives a small group of "activist" parents the illusion that they have input and ignores the need for school administrators-the ones charged with executing PEP and other policies-to have a say. Adding the Comptroller's office to the PEP is the only positive part of this bill-albeit as a non-voting member. Annual "elections" for the impotent parent "leaders" adds a new layer of nonsense to the mix.
The class size bill has exemptions wide enough to drive a truck through and is all about perception-not reality. High schools over 100% capacity already on multi-sessions will have to further extend their days which kills extracurricular activities for kids. The obvious solution coming soon is to build more annexes and schools-
The famously corrupt SCA must be doing a dance.
Looks like they have five years to do this...if so, total joke!
@4:59 is correct. The dems do not even want to give mandate control, they will never relinquish mayoral control. This city is turning to Chicago and Curtis Silwa was the bad one here? I want a black or spanish republican to take it over. Then you can be the true racists many of you are, only republicans blacks dont matter like Clarence Thomas.
Does this mean now that the DOE will toss all the Success Academies that squish into our buildings? I mean we have Success schools crammed into buildings. So to truly implement this new strategy they will have to give Eva Moskowitch a call to inform her that her schools need space. Oh wait....no worries....Mike Bloomberg already gave Success Academies 200 million dollar donation so I guess Success will be building new schools. We can all thank btw our esteemed former GOv Cuomo who sold out to the charters.
849 said please please please give me a figurehead to hide my racism behind. right wing identity politics at play once again.
They had to give Adams a taste of at least 2 year Mayoral control (he may have played the race card—if it was denied)—since his predecessors were given the opportunity—even though education has gone in the wrong direction.
When the 2 years are up—the same scenario will play out again and Adams will get another 2 years of control. In all probability, if schools have improved—he will take the credit and things get worse—he will blame the teachers.
But Adams is a democrat…. And black. No way a black democrat is playing politics at black and brown kids’ expense. It just can’t be. He could only be more credible if he had 2 X chromosomes and a vagina. Leave this man alone, bigots.
I think with a huge number of families exiting the city we will be lucky to have smaller classes: it will preserve the #of teaching hours. Will need to "spread" kids who stayed,so tchrs are still employed.
We are the ones who caused this...too much compliance.
And they will give desk jobs with hefty salaries till retirement to the admins who will arrange such fraud for them (ref. Maspeth). Business as usual.
12:25
Actually, you seem to know more abput asking for a figurehead.
Wow,608.
There could have been no more covert racist statement than yours.
Really?
If you attack Adams you do so because he is black and you’re a bigot. You can’t handle a black man in charge, racist. Leave this black man alone!
1057. said, no you are! at least try to be sensible. put in minimal effort, that's all.
Institutional racism at its worst. Wouldn't find class sizes of 32 in any white suburb. Just like you won't find 90 year old dilapidated buildings with trailers as overflow for over capacity. So next time you hear these leftist politicians spout equity, point to NYC schools and call them out for the phony bastards they are.
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