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NY A01929
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michaelle Solages
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AI Summary
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School districts outside New York City must develop class size reduction plans in collaboration with superintendents and collective bargaining units, with implementation starting September 2025 and full compliance by the 2030-2031 school year
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Maximum class sizes set at 20 students for grades K-3, 23 students for grades 4-8, 25 students for high school, and 40 students for physical education and performing groups
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Districts may receive exemptions for space constraints, over-enrollment, staff shortages, or severe economic distress, with unresolved exemption disputes decided by an arbitrator
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Annual reports due to the commissioner by July 1st each year must include current and projected enrollment, class sizes, capital plans for new classrooms, and progress toward targets, with reports posted publicly on district websites
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Failure to meet plan obligations after commissioner approval constitutes a willful violation subject to enforcement under Education Law section 306; districts must submit a financial impact statement by November 15, 2028
Legislative Description
Relates to student class size in public schools in school districts located outside of a city having a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires such districts to develop a plan to reduce actual class sizes beginning September two thousand twenty-five.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026