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School enhancement projects and accessibility improvements
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The SCA details its investments in school enhancement projects, with a particular focus on improving accessibility across the city's school buildings to ensure equitable access for all students.
- $2.88 billion allocated for school enhancement projects
- Projects include technology enhancements, facility realignment, bathroom upgrades, science labs, and accessibility improvements
- $800 million specifically allocated towards making buildings accessible
- New citywide goals established in collaboration with advocacy partners
- Aim to increase accessibility of primary school buildings from 33% to 40% across every district
- Focus on improving accessibility in D75 schools, targeting 75% partial accessibility and 50% full accessibility
Nina Kubota
5:26:14
This category funds technology enhancements, which includes continued data network improvements and bandwidth capacity, realignment of existing facilities to better suit instructional needs, bathroom upgrades, science labs, accessibility, the career connected learning program, and other necessary improvements.
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In this plan, there is an increased funding level for accessibility, demonstrating the administration's continued commitment to expanding the accessibility of our school facilities.
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This plan allocates 800,000,000 towards making our buildings accessible.
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For the FY twenty five to twenty nine capital plan, we will build on the success of previous plans, continuing our focus on citywide equity.
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In collaboration with our advocacy partners and other stakeholders, we have established new citywide goals.
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We will prioritize projects that increase the accessibility of all primary school buildings across every district, raising the accessibility threshold from 33% to 40%.
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Additionally, New York City Public Schools will focus on improving accessibility in d 75 schools across the entire city, aiming to ensure that 75% of those buildings are at least partially accessible with 50% fully accessible.