AGENCY TESTIMONY
Capacity and resource allocation issues in early childhood education
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Deputy Chancellor Hawkins outlines the capacity and resource allocation challenges facing NYC's early childhood education system, highlighting misalignment between available seats and demand.
- 30,000 seats currently sit vacant across the system
- Some neighborhoods struggle with waitlists due to demand exceeding available seats
- The misalignment is a legacy of rapid expansion fueled by temporary stimulus dollars that are no longer available
- Inflexible contracts contribute to a configuration that doesn't align with where families live, work, and seek care
Simone Hawkins
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Our current capacity challenge is one of the clearest examples.
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Across our early childhood system, 30,000 seats currently sit vacant even as some neighborhood struggle with waitlist because demand exceeds available seats.
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This is a legacy of the system's rapid expansion fueled by temporary stimulus dollars that are no longer available.
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In addition to inflexible contracts that leave us with a configuration that does not align with where families live, work, and seek care.