{"id":457027,"date":"2022-06-03T08:24:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T05:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bill-limiting-nyc-public-school-class-sizes-passes-in-albany\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T05:24:11","slug":"bill-limiting-nyc-public-school-class-sizes-passes-in-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-limiting-nyc-public-school-class-sizes-passes-in-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bill limiting NYC public school class sizes passes in Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26ea94071ee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26ea94071ee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-limiting-nyc-public-school-class-sizes-passes-in-albany\/#%E2%80%9CBill_limiting_NYC_public_school_class_sizes_passes_in_Albany%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Bill limiting NYC public school class sizes passes in Albany&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBill_limiting_NYC_public_school_class_sizes_passes_in_Albany%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Bill limiting NYC public school class sizes passes in Albany&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A bill to shrink class sizes in New York City schools has passed the state legislature \u2014 despite strong opposition from Mayor Eric Adams, who is expected to\u00a0maintain accountability over the school system for the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, tied up with an extension of mayoral control during negotiations, limits the number of students per classroom over a phase-in period of five years. <\/p>\n<p>It passed both the state Senate and state Assembly Thursday and into Friday. If signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul, kindergarten through third grade classes would be c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed at 20 students; fourth through eighth grade at 23 students; and high school at 25 students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we say small class sizes, I don\u2019t even know if that\u2019s the right term,\u201d said State Sen. John Liu, who chairs the Committee on New York City Education, on the senate floor. \u201cBecause the plan \u2014 this legislation \u2014 calls for class sizes that are closer to the national norm, even closer to the rest of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe class sizes in the city of New York are substantially larger than the rest of the state and the rest of the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-851.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-22515855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-851.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-851.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-851.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-851.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>The bill passed despite disapproval from NYC Mayor Eric Adams<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anthony Behar\/Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bills\u2019 sponsors referenced studies showing students learn faster and perform better with fewer kids in the room \u2014 due to increased individualized attention, participation and communication between teacher and students. <\/p>\n<p>But other research has shown that if inexperienced teachers are employed to staff the smaller classrooms, those gains are often canceled out, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ny.chalkbeat.org\/2017\/7\/26\/21100717\/nyc-class-size-limits-could-boost-learning-but-in-practice-they-often-don-t-a-new-study-explains-why\">the education nonprofit Chalkbeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adams and his schools chancellor, David Banks, have cast a specter over the measure, which they say will lead to unwelcome trade-offs and severe cuts throughout the school system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unfunded mandate like this would potentially do huge damage to our system,\u201d Banks warned on Wednesday night \u2014 citing a $500 million annual price tag for just elementary schools.<\/p>\n<p>Liu pushed back on the notion that it lacks the proper funding, pointing to more than $1 billion in additional state cash through the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit. The bill passed his chamber in a landslide 59-4 vote. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-850.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"John Liu\" class=\"wp-image-22515857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-850.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-850.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-850.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>State Senator John Liu said that the goal of the bill is to bring NYC class sizes closer to the national average.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Citizens Budget Commission did not have a quick answer on costs either earlier this week, but warned that much of the research on the benefits of class sizes is below 20 students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to cost a lot of money,\u201d said Andrew Rein, president of the nonprofit fiscal watchdog. \u201cThere\u2019s not the evidence it\u2019ll have a positive effect, and there\u2019s the possibility it\u2019ll have a negative effect elsewhere.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Alongside a class size reduction plan and annual reports, the bill also requires the Department of Education to submit a financial impact statement in two years \u2014 that may recommend a pause of the class size reduction plan, but cannot undo progress made so far on class sizes.<\/p>\n<p>The class size reduction measures come as the average number of students in New York City classrooms has already dwindled since the start of the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that class sizes on average have already nearly reached the caps in the law, and that the DOE has five years to reach them citywide shows that achieving these goals will be affordable, given the political will to do so,\u201d said Leonie Haimson of the advocacy group Class Size Matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly all the goals that the mayor has for our schools, including <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> emotional learning and his dyslexia initiative, are far easier to achieve with smaller classes,\u201d Haimson added, \u201cso that teachers can connect with their students more closely, provide them with the support they need, and screen and address any reading problems.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-848.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-22515941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-848.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-848.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-848.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Critics of the proposal say that it will limit Adams\u2019 authority over the city\u2019s schools.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The legislation includes exceptions for space restrictions or over-enrollment in school buildings \u2014 though the capital budget must demonstrate attempts to resolve those problems. It also creates carveouts in the cases of certified teacher shortages and \u201csevere economic distress.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Haimson told The Post she was concerned about the Adams administration and exemptions, vowing to \u201cwork to make sure that he doesn\u2019t falsely claim that the city can\u2019t afford this.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The legislation could also benefit school staff, according to a fact sheet released by the United Federation of Teachers on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York City suffers from high teacher attrition,\u201d read the notice. \u201cRoughly 5,000 instructors resign or retire every year, fed up with city teaching conditions \u2014 including oversized classes.\u00a0The possibility of dramatically lowering class sizes could help retain many of these veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-847.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"David Banks\" class=\"wp-image-22515861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-847.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-847.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nyc-school-law-847.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Schools Chancellor Banks claimed that the city does not have the money to pay for the parameters the bill sets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The teachers union also cited state figures that 663 of New York\u2019s 675 public school districts have smaller class sizes than those of the city.<\/p>\n<p>UFT lobbied for a similar measure last year at the City Council level, though the bill never came to a vote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a different proposal,\u201d explained Sarita Subramanian at the Independent Budget Office, a publicly funded agency. <\/p>\n<p>Under the local bill that was based on square footage, with a cap at about 18 students in an average-sized classroom \u2014 Subramanian said high schools faced the greatest challenges to accommodate students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have multiple classes at the same grade level, it is possible to switch students between classes,\u201d she said. That becomes trickier if a school has a few children over the student limit interested in a chemistry or biology class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are decisions that principals will have to make, and it\u2019s unclear how that will work,\u201d Subramanian said.<\/p>\n<p>The state legislature also passed a controversial proposal to limit Adams\u2019 control over the city schools to just two years before it is up again for renewal. The bills also expand the local school board called the Panel for Educational Policy to a 23-member body plus city officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we have a bill that I don\u2019t think anybody would say it\u2019s perfect,\u201d said Liu. <\/p>\n<p>The mayor \u201cwill retain a tremendous amount of control over New York City public schools,\u201d he added. \u201cAt the same time, we\u2019ve heard our constituents, we\u2019ve heard the parents of New York City school kids. And we\u2019re making the system more responsive to them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Bernadette Hogan.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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