Anyone who can make it should do so. The state budget is hitting crunch time, with the Charter lobby spending millions on behalf of privatization and the 3% in charters, while firmly controlling both the Governor and the State Senate. Support must be given to Speaker Silver and the Assembly Dems to hold fast for the 97% of our kids in public schools and for public education, and to allow Mayor de Blasio to determine his own education policies.
The
Senate/Cuomo proposal would force the DOE (and all local public school
boards throughout the state) to provide public space for EVERY charter
authorized at the state level, or else pay the charter's rent in private
space; a colocation policy that would be worse than anything Bloomberg
ever sought. Additionally, the charter lobby boondoggle bill would give
Charters more upfront money (aka tuition), and give Albany control of
our NYC public school buildings and budget, while sending 25 cents of
every new state education dollar to the 3 out of 100 kids in charters.
Meanwhile, the City and State public schools are looking at 2009 funding
levels which the courts said were $2 billion short - back then.
Outrageous.
Please join New York Communities for Change, Public School Parents, Elected Officials, Educators, Community Members.
Thursday, March 27
12 noon
Tweed Courthouse - 52 Chambers
Noah
twitter: @noahegotbaum
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