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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Class size reduction compliance and associated costs
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Chancellor Aviles-Ramos addresses the significant challenge of complying with the class size mandate and its financial implications.
- Reports that over 46% of classes are currently at or below the class size caps, exceeding the 40% requirement for 2024-2025
- Mentions receiving over 750 plans from schools for improving compliance with class size caps next year
- Highlights that these plans include requests for hundreds of millions of dollars annually and the hiring of over 4,000 additional teachers
- Emphasizes that this funding and headcount are not currently included in the preliminary budget
Melissa Aviles-Ramos
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We also have major expenses looming on the horizon, most significantly compliance with the class size mandate.
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Currently, over 46% of classes are at or below the class size caps, well above the 40% requirement for twenty four-twenty five.
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And we received well over seven fifty plans from schools for improving their compliance with the class size caps next year.
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We are reviewing these requests with the UFT and CSA, which include additional requests for hundreds of millions of dollars annually and the hiring of over 4,000 additional teachers beyond our regular hiring to achieve compliance next year.
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This funding and headcount are not currently in the preliminary budget.