NYC Public School Parents: Two new proposals to revamp mayoral control; about time!

NYC Public School Parents: Two new proposals to revamp mayoral control; about time!:

Two new proposals to revamp mayoral control; about time!

by Leonie Haimson

State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery on  steps of City Hall today

State Senator Velmanette Montgomery of Brooklyn and Assemblymember David Weprin of Queens announced they were introducing a new bill that would end mayoral control, by taking away his supermajority on the Board of Education, now called Panel for Educational Policy.

The Board would continue to have 13 members:  five appointed by the borough presidents, all public school parents; and four appointed by the mayor, one a public school parent.  Four would also be appointed by the City Council: One a representative of a college or university; one a member of a parent's organization; one a member of a Parent's Educational Council [CEC?]; and one at large.