The session runs through June, and lawmakers will also have to consider an extension of rent control regulations for New York City as well
as mayoral control of public schools.
Not exact matches
Senate Republicans plan to cover a range
of issues with
mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness
of having a single person accountable for the
public school system
as compared to the previous community board system.»
Senate Republicans plan to cover a range
of issues with
mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness
of having a single person accountable for the
public school system
as compared to the previous community board system.»
Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan nudged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education
as a precursor to considering an extension
of mayoral control of public schools.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio urged Cuomo and the Legislature to reauthorize
mayoral control of New York City's
public schools, ratcheting up
public pressure
as his aides scrambled behind closed doors on several budget - related education issues.
In his first session
as majority leader, he helped ensure that Mr. de Blasio, no friend
of Senate Republicans, will need to go to Albany next year to grovel again for the renewal
of mayoral control of public schools.
But the biggest and most difficult remaining issue in the session issue is an extension
of the mayor
of New York City's authority over the city's
public schools, known
as mayoral control.
«
As Members
of Congress with constituents vested in the future outcomes
of our
public schools citywide, we urge the State to extend
mayoral control.»
Having chaired the influential Committee on Codes since the early 1990s, Mr. Lentol has had decades to cement bonds with the veteran lawmakers in the Assembly and could pitch himself
as the experienced hand required to guide the legislature through one
of the more pivotal sessions in years (rent laws and the
mayoral control of city
public schools are both set to expire.)
As for
mayoral control of New York City's
public schools, it's shaping up to become a game
of chicken between both chambers.
She alsofought to end
mayoral control of city
schools after a decades - long career
as a
public school teacher and administrator.
Klein was at the center
of a whirlwind
of activity in the New York City
public school system, serving from 2002 to 2010
as the first Chancellor under
mayoral control.
Serving
as «High
School District Superintendent,» Dr. Jordan was in charge
of the city's
public high
schools — all
of them — in the days before
mayoral control.
As part
of the State law extending
mayoral control of the
schools, the NYC Department
of Education (DOE) can not close, move, or share
public school space without a
public process designed to ensure accountability.