At a Monday Board of Regents meeting, state education officials called for a $2 billion increase in state aid for the 2025-26 school year, as well as updates to Foundation Aid.
A more than 300-page report on how to revise the state’s school funding formula prompted mixed initial reactions from advocates and lawmakers.
FutureReadyNYC, which helps schools launch career tracks in education, technology, business, and health care, is expanding to 36 new schools, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday.
About half of the city’s public schools would have otherwise lost out on $157 million dollars in midyear cuts, according to the city’s Education Department.
Council members discussed a legislative package on Monday that would create a pilot program to bring mental health professionals into middle and high school wellness clubs.
A new City Council bill would require the Education Department to report annual figures on the number of school librarians across the public school system.
The Panel for Educational Policy was slated to vote on a proposed revision to a 2009 regulation concerning student privacy, but members want the public to weigh in.
Roughly one in eight students in New York City’s public school system were living in temporary housing last school year, according to Advocates for Children.
The Panel for Educational Policy will again postpone its vote on an upcoming contract for the Specialized High School Admissions Test as it seeks to solicit public feedback.
Since taking office in 2022, the Brooklyn council member and former teacher has visited nearly 100 schools across the five boroughs.