The move is getting a failing grade.
During the pandemic this was paused using a policy known as"hold harmless" -- in which federal stimulus dollars were used to stabilize school budgets.About half of the system’s 1,600 schools would have seen cuts totaling $157 million had the mid-year budget adjustments proceeded as planned, the city Department of Education said. The other half, which saw an increase in students, will get an $146 million total influx.
Siblings claim late dad is mysterious plane hijacker DB Cooper after finding hidden parachute in home “It’s a nod to the UFT, so fewer teachers are laid off mid-year,” Nadelstern referring to the powerful United Federation of Teachers union representing most New York City public school educators.Ken Girardin, research director of the non-profit government watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy, said “hold harmless” protects the status quo, not students or taxpayers.
“This is a political decision, not a scientific one,” he told The Post. “We have to stop funding a monopoly school system and let the public money follow the children.”
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