The city is once again grappling with proposed $351 million cuts to early education and a severe pay backlog for early childhood providers.
issues funding universal pre-K and 3-Kindergarten, and millions in delayed reimbursements to early childhood providers. Joseph said that many providers have permanently shut down as a result.
“That’s not to say everything is perfect. It is not. You can absolutely find providers that are waiting longer, we have to do better, but what this represents is real improvement,” said First Deputy Chancellor Dan Weisberg. Many in the hearing, including the DOE, noted that early childhood education is a profession often made up of Black and brown women who are already paid less than their public teacher counterparts in schools.
“Due to the systematic bureaucracy we have experienced with the [DOE] and the Department of Health, our school has yet to be open fully,” said Beckles-Canton. “We still have not received one payment.”
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