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    City Reaches Deal to Push Back Start of School Year Over COVID-19 Safety Concerns

    School Reopenings  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio and UFT President Michael Mulgrew announce the deal between the teachers’ union and the City and the school reopening plan. Image Credit: Mayor’s Office

    Students will start their first week online and then return to blended learning on September 21nd. On September 1, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio and DOE Chancellor Richard Carranza announced a deal with the teacher’s union to push back the start of the 2020 – 2021 school year to provide schools more time to implement COVID-19 safety plans and upgrades. The deal ends talks of a teachers’ strike out of fear that NYC schools were reopening too quickly without enough time to properly develop safety plans, scheduling and other needs.  (read more…)

    Tags : coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, education, NYC schools
    Date:09/09/2020
    Category : Mayor
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    City Announces Preliminary Plan for Upcoming School Year

    Schools  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio and DOE Chancellor Richard Carranza announce the City’s preliminary plan to reopen schools at a socially distanced press conference on July 8, 2020. Image Credit: Mayoral Photography Office

    The City’s plan offers three basic models schools can base their scheduling on to rotate students between in-person and remote learning. On July 8, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Education Chancellor Richard Carranza announced the City’s preliminary plan to reopen public schools in September. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have physically been closed since mid-March and operated remotely for the remainder of the school year. The “blended learning” approach will allow for students to rotate in groups to have both in-person and remote instruction every week. (read more…)

    Tags : Chancellor Richard Carranza, childcare, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, education, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Schools, schools reopening
    Date:07/28/2020
    Category : Mayor
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    COMPLETE VIDEO: 165th CityLaw Breakfast with Richard Carranza, Department of Education Chancellor

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School

    On Friday, January 17, 2020, Department of Education Chancellor Richard Carranza spoke at the 165th CityLaw Breakfast at New York Law School. Chancellor Carranza was introduced by Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law, with opening remarks by Dean Anthony W. Crowell. Chancellor Carranza spoke on the importance of investing in the City’s students and ensuring resources are provided for their success.

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    Tags : 165th CityLaw Breakfast, CityLaw Breakfast, Department of Education, education, Richard Carranza
    Date:01/17/2020
    Category : Events
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    Bronx BP Releases Report Calling for School Construction Authority Reform

    School Construction Authority  •  Citywide

    Bronx Borough President Rubin Diaz Jr.’s Proposed Changes to the School Construction Authority aim to address overcrowding and other issues. Image Credit: Bronx Borough President’s Office

    Report outlines action plan for the School Construction Authority to address public school overcrowding and cost proposals. On September 4, 2019, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. released a report outlining an action plan for the School Construction Agency to address public school overcrowding and school construction cost proposals. The School Construction Authority is charged with the building and maintenance of public school space in New York City. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., education, School Construction Authority, Schools
    Date:09/23/2019
    Category : Borough President
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    City Liable For Charter School’s Rent

    Education

    Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School, 240 Jay Street in Brooklyn. Image credit: CityLaw.

    City DOE refused to pay costs to renovate charter school’s rental space. The Education Law requires the City Department of Education, upon the request of a charter school, to provide the charter school with a co-location in a New York City public school for no charge, or to reimburse a charter school for its “actual rental cost” if the charter school is required to rent at a new location in New York City. (read more…)

    Tags : Brooklyn, Charter School, DOE, education, liable, rent, rental space
    Date:07/30/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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    Free Lunch For All Students

    Agency News  •  Citywide

    New program will provide free school lunches to more than 200,000 additional students. Photo: Department of Education.

    New data matching system identifies children eligible for free lunch. On September 7, 2017, the NYC Department of Education rolled out a new initiative: Free School Lunch for All. In New York City, almost 800,000 students out of 1.1 million were estimated to have qualified for free school lunch. The new program will provide free school lunches to more than 200,000 additional New York City students, so that all students will receive a nutritional meal every school day. (read more…)

    Tags : education, free lunch, students
    Date:03/14/2018
    Category : CityLaw, Department of Education
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