The court found that the Department of Education failed to reveal the true impact of closing the schools, as required by a 2009 state
law about mayoral control of schools.
Not exact matches
Even though the current
mayoral control law expires in 2015, we will be talking with legislators who share our concerns
about the importance of putting in place as soon as possible a new governance structure.
The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state
law on
mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public
about the ramifications of the closings.
As employers of more than a million New Yorkers, we urge you to act now to end the uncertainty
about the future governance of our city schools and extend the current
mayoral control law as well as expanding the number of charter schools.
Given the fact there are members who oppose
mayoral control for any period of time, the conference simply doesn't care enough
about extending the
law to expend its political capital on it, several members said in interviews with Capital on Tuesday.
The ruling, by the Appellate Division, First Department, in Manhattan, upheld a lower court finding that the city's Education Department did not comply with the 2009 state
law on
mayoral control of the city schools because it failed to adequately notify the public
about the ramifications of the closings.