Not exact matches
City Hall would agree to make it easier for charters to get
public -
school space or obtain funding to lease
private space, said an education official familiar with the discussions.
A new state law passed in April gives the city just two options to meet the demands of the Success Academy network: It can hand over free
space in
public or private buildings,
or give the
schools money to find their own
space.
Current legislation guarantees new
or growing charters co-located
space in
public school buildings
or, failing that,
private space funded by the city.
The state budget that Mr. Cuomo and legislative leaders announced later that month prohibited the city from charging charters rent and required it to find
public school space for them
or pay much of the cost for a
private location.
Gov. Cuomo and the state Legislature subsequently approved a law requiring the city to provide charters
space in
public school facilities
or pay for their rent at
private space.
Most significantly, the legislation would require the city to find
space for charter
schools inside
public school buildings
or pay much of the cost to house them in
private space.
This requires honest performance - based assessment of
schools and the creation of options - by finding
spaces in effective
schools, creating new
schools,
or even, as Rod Paige did on a small scale in Houston, finding money to pay tuition in available
private schools for a few dozen children whose
public schools just wouldn't turn around.
The proposed legislation included provisions to reverse Mr. de Blasio's decisions on
school space, and it required the city to provide
public classrooms to new and expanding charter
schools or contribute to the cost of renting
private buildings.
In the 2016 - 17
school year, charter
schools receive substantially less per pupil regardless of whether it operates in
public or private space; the IBO estimates that charters are underfunded compared to traditional district
schools by $ 1,145 to $ 4,863 per pupil.
(q) A charter
school may be located in part of an existing
public school building, in
space provided on a
private work site, in a
public building
or any other suitable location; provided, however, that no
school building assistance funds authorized under chapter 70B shall be awarded to a commonwealth charter
school for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing
or improving a commonwealth charter
school.
This means that all
schools large and small, urban and rural,
public and
private, brick and mortar
or virtual, need to provide access to teaching expertise in the library as well as best resources, technologies and physical and virtual learning
spaces to support learner needs as they evolve.
That's also because Success's victory over de Blasio in 2014 directly led to state legislation that has guaranteed the continued growth of the charter sector in New York City: the city is now required to either find charters
space in
public schools or site them in
private buildings at the city's expense.
You can choose to have classroom
space,
or you may conduct classroom driver education at off - site locations, including local
public or private schools,
or churches.
You can choose to have classroom
space,
or you may conduct classroom driver education at off - site locations, including local
public or private schools.
out of your home but may not provide classroom instruction there — you may rent
space in a
public or private school,
or a church
or other location.