City Council’s education committee approves bringing back $469M in funding
The resolution calls for Mayor Eric Adams and the city's school’s chancellor to use unspent federal stimulus funds to reverse the Department of Education’s reductions to school budgets.
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City Council's Committee on Education passed a resolution Tuesday
aimed at bringing back $469 million in funding for the city's school system.
The
resolution calls for Mayor Eric Adams and the city's schools chancellor
to use unspent federal stimulus funds to reverse the Department of Education’s
reductions to school budgets.
It
also calls on the chancellor to submit updated school budgets immediately to
the panel for education policy.
Before
the vote, committee Chairperson Rita Joseph made remarks on why passing the
legislation is important and called the pending cuts to schools “unnecessary.”
The
resolution now goes before the full City Council. It’s not yet clear when the
vote will take place.
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