Mayor Eric Adams is clearing the air about whether he supports more charter schools in New York City.
"Yes, I support charter schools," Mayor Adams said emphatically on WABC Radio. He clarified comments he made to state lawmakers during his trip up to Albany last week, when he testified on Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal to lift the cap on charter schools.However, later that same day when pressed on this issue, he pledged his support for all schools that work.
James Merriman, CEO of the NYC Charter School Center, says he believes Adams is supportive of charter schools but pushed back on the idea that lifting the charter school cap would cost the city $1 billion. Hochul has argued that the state’s cap of 460 charter schools should stay in place, but if the cap is lifted for the city, then there are around 85 charter licenses available for schools in the city.But this could prove to be a tough sell with the state legislature.
Right now there are 275 charter schools operating in the city and 23 so-called "zombie schools." This is a charter that has been designated to a school that is no longer in operation, but this charter still can’t be used for a different school."To the extent we have a cap, which I don't think we should, certainly it should be a cap on the number of operating schools, not numbers of charters issued?" Merriman said.
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