New York A 7358: Relates to delaying the implementation of class size reduction plans and including additional exemptions to class size targets

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A07358 Summary:

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Relates to delaying the implementation of class size reduction plans and including additional exemptions to class size targets; provides such plans shall begin in September 2031 and be achieved by September 2036; adds gifted and talented schools and programs, screened admissions schools and programs, portfolio and specialized high schools and advanced placement classes; requires parents at each respective school be included on any discussions regarding class size exemptions.

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03/25/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7358

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to delaying the implemen-
 tation of class size reduction plans and including additional
 exemptions to class size targets

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Clauses (A) and (B) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of
 2 subdivision 2 of section 211-d of the education law, clause (A) as
 3 amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 2023 and clause (B) as amended by
 4 chapter 556 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 5 (A) In a city school district in a city having a population of one
 6 million or more inhabitants such contract shall also include a plan,
 7 which shall be developed in collaboration with the collective bargaining
 8 units representing teachers and the principals beginning in September
 9 two thousand twenty-two and signed off on by the chancellor and the
 10 presidents of each bargaining unit, to reduce actual class sizes, begin-
 11 ning September two thousand [twenty-three] thirty-one and to be achieved
 12 by September two thousand [twenty-eight] thirty-six for all classes,
 13 with the exception of physical education and performing groups, as
 14 follows: (1) kindergarten-third grade to have no more than twenty
 15 students per class; (2) fourth-eighth grade to have no more than twen-
 16 ty-three students per class; and (3) high school to have no more than
 17 twenty-five students per class. Physical education and performing groups
 18 shall have no more than forty students per class at all levels. Each
 19 year of the plan, an additional twenty percent of the classrooms in the
 20 city school district, excluding special education classes, shall be in
 21 compliance with the class size targets such that the city school
 22 district is in full compliance by two thousand [twenty-eight] thirty-six
 23 and all classes should maintain the target class size. The class size

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10276-02-5

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 1 reduction plan shall prioritize schools serving populations with higher
 2 poverty levels.
 3 (B) The class size reduction plan shall include any exemptions to the
 4 class size targets. These exemptions shall be limited to: (1) space; (2)
 5 over-enrolled students; (3) license area shortages; [and] (4) severe
 6 economic distress; (5) gifted and talented schools and programs; (6)
 7 screened admissions schools and programs; (7) portfolio and specialized
 8 high schools; and (8) advanced placement classes. Through school lead-
 9 ership teams at each respective school, parents shall be included in any
 10 discussions and decisions regarding such class size exemptions other
 11 than the exemptions enumerated in this clause. Any other such exemptions
 12 shall be approved by the chancellor and the presidents of the collective
 13 bargaining units representing the teachers and the principals as part of
 14 the class size reduction plan. Should the chancellor and the presidents
 15 of the collective bargaining units representing the teachers and the
 16 principals be un