The teachers union didn’t want this delay, but it’s taking it anyway: “We did not want an extension – we want compliance”
The United Federation of Teachers reluctantly accepts a two-year extension of NYC's class size mandate, citing the need for more classroom construction and teacher recruitment under Mayor Mamdani's administration.
The teachers union didn’t want this delay, but it’s taking it anyway: “We did not want an extension – we want compliance”
The United Federation of Teachers reluctantly accepts a two-year extension of NYC's class size mandate, citing the need for more classroom construction and teacher recruitment under Mayor Mamdani's administration.
State Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside), chair of the state Senate’s Committee on NYC Education, introduced a bill on June 1 to extend the deadlines of New York City’s class size mandate. The legislation was expected to pass both the state Senate and Assembly on June 4, according to a press release from Liu’s office.
The 2022 law requires 80 percent of city classrooms to limit enrollment to 20 to 25 students by the 2026-27 school year, with the full mandate in place by 2027-28. Liu’s bill would lower the first-year compliance threshold to 70 percent and push full implementation back to 2029-30, adding roughly two years to the original timeline; the revised schedule calls for 10 percent more classrooms to comply each year after that initial benchmark. Mayor Mamdani, whose administration released a $124.7 billion budget in May, has said the extension could save the city $500 million.
“The legal timetable will be extended by two years, empowering the Mamdani administration to at long last bring all NYC class sizes down to state and national norms of teacher/student…
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