City & State NY’s weekly Winners & Losers here. Listen to Governor Cuomo’s radio interview with Alan Chartock. Listen to Governor Cuomo’s radio interview with Brian Lehrer. Crain’s 40 under 40. Buffalo News looks at this year’s budget issues.
The Board of Regents will next meet on April 8 and 9. Senate Higher Education Committee will hold a public hearing to explore ways to provide oversight of for-profit schools at 10:00am on April 10 in Albany (Hearing Room A, LOB). The Public Service Commission will hold its next meeting on April 18. Senate Finance Committee will hold a public hearing on the issue […]
Lower Ed: Increases School Aid by $1.62 billion or 6.0% over the 2018-2019 school year. Increases Foundation Aid by $1.2 billion or 6.8%. Accepts the proposal to extend mayoral control and accountability of New York City schools for three years, pending a Senate hearing to contemplate and recommend reforms to enhance transparency and parental/community input […]
Lower Ed Increases School Aid by $1.6 billion or 6.3% over the 2018-19 school year. Increases Foundation Aid by $1.16 billion. Extends mayoral control of the New York City School District for three years until June 30, 2022. Higher Ed Includes $2 million in additional supports for students with disabilities, increases funding to the part […]
In addition, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced a consensus on table targets for the individual budget conference committees. The table target amounts for individual committees include the following: $20 million Mental Hygiene $50 million Education $10 million General Government $10 million Economic Development $30 million Health $5 million Transportation $55 million Higher Education $50 million Human Services […]
Governor Launches School Funding Transparency Website Governor Cuomo announced the launch of a school funding transparency website. The new site offers the ability to view and download data at the school district level and the school building level. According to the press release, the initial launch includes data from the 76 school districts required to submit school-level funding […]
Employee Scheduling (Call-in-Pay) The Department of Labor issued a notice of expiration for proposed regulations to reform on-call scheduling. Due to this notice, regulations cannot be reconsidered unless the Department of Labor publishes a new notice of proposed rulemaking.
School Zone Speed Camera Bills Last week, the Senate and the Assembly passed legislation (S.4331/A.6449) that would expand the use of speed cameras to 750 school zones in New York City. The cameras would operate Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM, and the City would be required to install signs giving notice […]
New York State Religious and Independent Schools, Professional Development Resource Centers State Education Department (SED) The New York State Education Department (NYSED) State Office of Religious and Independent Schools is seeking proposals to establish three (3) regional Professional Development Resource Centers. The regional Professional Development Resource Centers (PDRC) will work in collaboration with the Education […]
The NYS Board of Regents will meet on April 8-9, 2019. The State Education Department announced the following State Board Meetings: Social Work: March 27, 2019 (New York City, Albany, Syracuse, via video) Occupational Therapy: April 1, 2019 (New York City, Albany, via video) Acupuncture: April 8, 2019 (New York City, Albany, via video) Professional Engineering, Land […]