Sentences with phrase «charter school deal»

An off - the - books charter school deal between de Blasio and State Senate Republicans paved the way for the mayor to win control over city schools for another two years.

A legislative source reports two top aides to Mayor Bloomberg — Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson and Director of Legislative Affairs Micah Lasher — are huddling with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in hopes of landing a charter school deal before the day is out.

Steve Van Zant rose from teacher to principal to superintendent before making his fortune brokering charter school deals throughout San Diego County and California.

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Still, event with a raise the agreement in place — believed to be one of the last and most contentious of the policy matters in the budget — there are remaining matters that must be dealt with, including a push to bolster charter schools and funding for education.

Heastie told reporters that his members were willing to accept the tentative deal that settles outstanding issues, including traditional public schools vs. charter school funding — a big sticking point for the Democratic conference.

John Flanagan and his Albany cronies have sold out Long Island public schools and have cut a deal with high finance charter school operators to exchange millions in taxpayer dollars for campaign cash for Chris McGrath,» said Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spokesman Mike Murphy.

Heastie has been clear that he will not do any deal on mayoral control that includes a link to charter schools.

Meanwhile, the Senate has called it quits for the day and is planning to return at 9 a.m. tomorrow to vote on a deal to keep the parks open and — for now, anyway — a charter school bill.

As part of a deal to renew mayoral control of New York City schools, state and city leaders will allow the reuse of 22 charter contracts that have been revoked or surrendered by charter schools that closed or never opened.

As Governor Cuomo has turned his attention to how the state would deal with Ebola, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins appeared in Buffalo Friday campaigning against charter schools, Common Core and Fracking.

The marathon 20 hours of wheeling and dealing behind closed doors produced votes to approve a last - minute ethics bill, a mandate to test school drinking water supplies for lead, money for SUNY and CUNY, more money and operating flexibility for charter schools, $ 570 million for «supportive housing» for the homeless, and continued state control of the New York Racing Association until October 2017.

Republican state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan will insist that more charter schools be allowed to open in New York City as part of any deal to extend Mayor de Blasio's authority over the public - school system, The Post has learned.

The Bronx Democrat said Thursday that the Assembly will back a deal on charter school funding, one of the last sticking points in the way of a budget, which was due April 1.

A source said Cuomo spent Wednesday trying to broker a deal over mayoral control, which balanced the desire of Senate Republicans (which Cuomo shares) to increase the number of charter schools against the Democrat - dominated Assembly's refusal to budge.

Also missing from the state budget deal is Mr. Cuomo's proposal to increase the cap on charter schools, which will be taken up after the budget.

Mayor Bloomberg put on a full - court press yesterday to close a deal raising the cap on the number of charter schools — dispatching two of his top deputies to Albany to help resolve the sticky issue of having charters share space with traditional public schools.

Mayor de Blasio has agreed to do more to help charter schools open or expand as part of the Albany deal that extended his authority over city schools, sources said Thursday.

The deal also includes measures to increase the charter schools cap, and would allow 134 more charter schools upstate and 50 more downstate.

When charters extracted some concessions from de Blasio late in the legislative session, they were negotiated behind closed doors as part of a deal to extend the mayor's control of city schools.

Questions included how they would ensure continued funding for senior centers, whether they support a state constitutional convention, their views on charter schools, whether their candidacies help Bill de Blasio by simply drawing anti-de Blasio votes from Republican candidate Nicole Malliotakis and plans for dealing with the homeless, particularly in Bay Ridge.

«Today's deal allows for 50 new charters for New York City and gives Mayor de Blasio a year to restore parent confidence in his ability to run schools.

Charter schools will be big winners in the new state budget under a tentative deal hammered out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders Thursday night, sources close to the talks said.

The Committee has received and is investigating reports suggesting corruption, self - dealing, the manipulation of test scores in charter schools and the politicization of the charter school movement.

The legislative leaders and the governor made some progress yesterday, reportedly reaching a deal on education that adds $ 300 million in additional spending to the $ 807 million boost Cuomo proposed, spends $ 340 million on pre-K — most of which is going to NYC — and also hikes per - pupil state aid for charter schools, though they would have to agree to be audited by the state comptroller.

That was the same year legislators did a deal with then - GOP Gov. George Pataki that raised their base pay by 38 percent to its current level ($ 79,500) in exchange for agreeing to forgo their paychecks in the event of late budgets and the creation of charter schools in New York.

Despite Mr. de Blasio's «no way in hell» remark, the governor went on to enact a budget deal that barred the city from charging charter schools — Ms. Moskowitz's schools included.

In his short time as mayor, Bill de Blasio made it abundantly clear that he thinks charter - school operators like Eva Moskowitz got a sweetheart deal under Michael Bloomberg.

He's also under pressure to reject another education reform initiative — raising the charter school capthat the Senate Republicans want to make part of a deal on extending mayoral control.

«He negotiated a budget deal with state lawmakers that guarantees future New York City charter schools rent - free space in under - used public school buildings or funding to offset the cost of renting a building.»

But charter school critics immediately slammed the concessions, saying the deal will funnel more resources away from the public school system to the privately - managed charters.

An e-mail the Success Academy Charter Schools sent to teachers after the storm confirmed the priorities: «We know [getting to school] means you have to wake up a bit earlier and deal with a few more hassles, but WE and most importantly your SCHOLARS and FAMILIES truly appreciate your dedication and tenacity!»

By the end of May, state lawmakers reached a deal to increase the number of charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run and usually not unionized, to 460 statewide, up from 200, while also increasing state oversight of them.

ALBANY — A deal that would link future increases in per - pupil charter school aid to public school funding could be breaking the logjam around the state's $ 150 - plus billion budget.

Cuomo played a face - to - face role in brokering the April deal between the city and Eva Moskowitz, head of the Success Academy chain of charter schools, according to a newly released round of his public schedules.

She has repeatedly accused de Blasio and city schools chancellor Carmen Fariña of being late to approve deals concerning her network, and has threatened de Blasio administration staffers with press conferences and open letters when she perceived that City Hall was dragging its feet in finding space for her growing charter network.

At a news conference in Oceanside with education activists, Kaminsky accused Senate Republicans of orchestrating a «secret deal» to fund the ads in exchange for the charter school hike.

The new SUNY regs stemmed from a side - deal hashed out between the city and the charter school sector in June that helped pave the way for an extension of the law giving Mayor de Blasio control of the city schools.

The deal would allow the reuse of 22 charters — or contracts for schools — that were previously revoked or surrendered by charters that closed or never opened.

Part of his recent deal with the state Legislature to extend mayoral control of city schools included significant concessions to charter schools.

But as the Legislature was abandoning a deal to renew mayoral control late Wednesday, Joseph Belluck, who oversees SUNY's Charter School Institute, posted a rare tweet with a link to the new regulations.

Its budget would bar him from rescinding existing co-location deals, boost per pupil funding for charter students and prohibit school districts from charging rent to charters that co-locate in public school buildings.

Governor Cuomo and Senator Skelos have championed parents and children by boldly moving to protect the future of charter schools,» Moskowitz said in a statement released after the budget deal was announced Saturday.

Champagne corks popped in Albany yesterday as top state education officials declaimed a new deal with the unions that they said will lead to better teachers, a greater shot at federal funds for New York and possibly a hike in the charter - school cap.

And the chairman of a board of trustees committee at the State University of New York, which reviews charter school applications for approval, said he had asked their counsel to review any options they have to deal with Mr. Loeb.

According to de Blasio administration representatives, a breakthrough on mayoral control, which is being held up by Senate Republicans who want to tie it to an expansion of charter schools, and other big ticket items could pave the way for the annual bevy of deal - making on other things.

Over the years, the program has expanded a great deal, and very quickly, in both public schools and charter schools, but it is not so clear that the same number of teachers who are prepared to implement the program are available now as there were during the first years the program was established in public schools.

He says, «The superintendents were far more defensive about and married to the status quo than anybody else we were dealing with...» Just as it would be an inherent conflict to put McDonald's in charge of determining whether or not others should be allowed to open a new restaurant nearby, Engler reasoned that charter school authorizers should be outside the control of the traditional K — 12 system.

Other organizations are dealing with labor issues, such as stepped - up efforts by the California Teachers Association to organize charter school teachers.

Not surprisingly, most Massachusetts school districts, including Boston's, tend to support more Horace Mann charter schools but oppose any increase in the Commonwealth variety, since Horace Mann charters provide host districts with a great deal of discretion and ongoing oversight authority.

The authors begin by presenting a great deal of descriptive data on the overall enrollment and aggregate racial composition in public charter schools compared to traditional public schools.