Cayla Bamberger Section on capital plan:

The reinstated funding will supplement expiring federal aid.

However, some $1 billion in federal aid is expiring in total.

'This covers some, but not all,' the source tells us. nydailynews.com/2024/04/19/nyc…

NEW: Mayor Adams and Speaker Adams are expected to announce later today that the mayor's executive budget set to be released next week will restore $514 million in previously cut schools funding, per a source.

Story coming shortly w/ Cayla Bamberger

Approx. 30 hours after students set up an encampment to protest the war in Gaza, police cleared the lawn and arrested 100+ demonstrators.
'The police presence and the arrests do not deter us in any way,' a student said at a rally tonight w/ Téa Kvetenadze
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On mayoral control of NYC schools, Adams says he won't accept any state budget that 'erodes' the city's ability to educate.

Lewis-Martin, though, says: 'We are making concessions, just like they are making concessions.'

SCOOP: Adams celebrated birthday at lux pad of Chinese billionaire implicated in straw donor scheme nydailynews.com/2024/04/15/ada…

NEW: Key report on mayoral control of NYC public schools finds parents and teachers feel shut out

The report has the potential to drive changes to school governance in the nation’s largest school system.

It drew immediate condemnation from Mayor Adams.
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At this time, there is no indication that our buildings were compromised, and our facilities staff are quickly and thoroughly inspecting buildings to ensure safety. The safest place for our kids right now is in our schools, schools are operating as normal.

. NYC Public Schools is aware of the earthquake that was just felt across the city. Our building response teams have assembled out of an abundance of caution, & we are working closely with our agency partners, including NYC Emergency Management, to ensure all of our students and staff are safe

Shelter program that connects migrant families, other homeless kids to education services in NYC is in jeopardy

Potentially hampering ability for students to get to school

Funding for 100 shelter-based coordinators will end unless lawmakers take action
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Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins confirms what we all kinda knew: No mayoral control extension in the budget, she tells reporters after meeting with the Gov and Speaker Heastie

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New:Before ⁦NYS Education Department⁩’ March 31 mayoral control report deadline—⁦Mayor Eric Adams⁩ complained in a letter obtained by ⁦Spectrum News NY1⁩ about CUNY Law School’s involvement in the report, arguing they “lack objectivity” after students turned backs on him. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny…

Chancellor Banks said today that families submitted 139K applications to Summer Rising.
That's the same # as when apps closed last year — and suggests tens of thousands of families will likely be shut out again this summer:
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education journalism going just fine in Tennessee

Carolyne Quintana, NYC Department of Education’s top official on literacy and dyslexia, is calling it quits amid a shakeup of her division, the Daily News has learned.
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NYC school buses (and the Hampton Jitney) will be exempt from congestion pricing, Evan Simko-Bednarski reports
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Earlier tonight, a Manhattan Community Education Council pushed to keep transgender girls out of sports. Via Cayla Bamberger nydailynews.com/2024/03/20/man…