QUESTION
How many NYC schools have the space to lower class sizes to the mandated level, and what factors affect this capability?
1:58:49
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Approximately 1000 New York City schools have the space to meet the class size cap, but lack the budget to hire additional teachers.
- The initial inquiry focuses on the number of schools that can reduce class sizes to meet a mandate if the Department of Education (DOE) implements changes.
- Emma Vadehra clarifies the feasibility depends on policy decisions regarding enrollment and the types of students and schools affected.
- The feasibility analysis includes considerations for zoned and non-zoned students, as well as selective and non-selective schools.
- Dan Weisberg specifies that while about 1000 schools have the space to meet the cap, funding for hiring necessary teachers is not yet available.
Rita C. Joseph
1:58:49
How many schools can lower class size to mandate level if DOE adopts it.
Dan Weisberg
1:58:55
Do you mean, Sherry, how many schools have the space right now?
1:58:57
Mhmm.
1:58:58
Yeah.
1:58:58
We I think we have that we have that number.
1:59:01
How many how many schools have the the space to meet the mandate?
Rita C. Joseph
1:59:10
If the cap enrollment.
Emma Vadehra
1:59:13
She means if we kept enrollment.
Dan Weisberg
1:59:14
Oh, if we kept enrollment.
Emma Vadehra
1:59:15
It would I mean, it would it would it would depend how you kept enrollment.
1:59:20
Right?
1:59:20
It would depend what policy decision you made, how widespread it was, whether it applied to zoned as well as non zoned students.
1:59:26
Selective, nonselective schools, so it would depend what the decision was.
Dan Weisberg
1:59:30
It's about it's about a 1000 schools chair that have the space to meet the cap doesn't mean they have the budget.
1:59:39
They don't have the budget yet to hire the teachers, but they have the space.