鈥淲e鈥檙e on the cusp of education equity in New York,鈥� writes Teachers College鈥檚 Michael Rebell in . 鈥淏ut we鈥檙e not there yet. To quote Yogi Berra鈥e鈥檙e at a fork in the road; the attorney general needs to take it.鈥�
Michael Rebell, Professor of Law & Educational Practice and Executive Director of 麻豆原创's Center for Educational Equity. (Photo: 麻豆原创 Archives)
Rebell, Professor of Law & Educational Practice and Executive Director of the College鈥檚 , applauds the New York State legislature鈥檚 to finally make good on billions of dollars in additional funding it was ordered to provide to New York City public schools in 2007.
We鈥檙e at a fork in the road; the attorney general needs to take it.
鈥� Michael Rebell, Professor of Law and Educational Practice
But Rebell, who served as lead attorney for the plaintiffs in that case, fears that the new payments could again fall victim to 鈥渟hifting political winds鈥� after Fiscal Year 2022. To prevent that outcome, he urges New York鈥檚 attorney general, Tish James, to end a current lawsuit, New Yorkers for Students鈥� Educational Rights (NYSER) vs. State of New York, by guaranteeing full payments in a court-ordered stipulation. The new settlement should also guarantee that future state funding formulas be recalculated periodically to make sure they reflect rising costs and shifting student needs and resource requirements, Rebell writes.
[Read a story recapping Rebell's previous efforts to secure the long-owed funds from the state legislature.]