Sentences with phrase «mandatory city contract»

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With unusual bluntness, the mayor criticized the Success Academy charter school network for refusing to sign a contract his administration says is mandatory for all organizations offering city - funded pre-kindergarten programs.

The Success Academy charter school network has refused to sign mandatory contracts granting the city Department of Education oversight over its pre-kindergarten program, deputy mayor Richard Buery said Thursday, signaling the latest showdown between the charter network and Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.

Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the Success Academy charter school network on Monday for refusing to sign a contract his administration says is mandatory for all organizations offering city - funded pre-kindergarten programs.

Moskowitz's lawyers have informed city officials they will not sign a mandatory contract allowing the Education Department to oversee the charter's pre-K program, officials said — even though her privately run Success Academy network seeks thousands of dollars in public funds for each student.

The city and, when pushed, the state ruled the contract was mandatory and Success would have to sign it in order to receive city funds.

Leaders of charters currently offering pre-K have conceded that they would like to see changes in the contract, but all said they understood the contract was mandatory in order to receive city funding.