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- Title
A, B, C, 1, 2, 3: How an amendment to the New York State education law will give private school students an equitable education to public school students.
- Abstract
In 2018, in his lawsuit against Governor Andrew Como, Naftuli Moster alerted the world to the inequality between public and private education in New York State. This Note proposes amending the Felder Amendment to ensure that private school students in New York State are given a "substantially equivalent" education to those students in public schools. By making the Felder Amendment more specific in the guidelines it uses to assess the quality of the private schools, New York State can ensure that all children are being given an equitable education. Key points for the family court community: In New York State there are 719 public schools with 4,910,522 students enrolled in 2020–2021 school year, grades K‐12. There are 1761 private schools in NYS grades K‐12 with 419,288 total students.Nassau County public schools averaged 62% proficiency on the fourth grade ELA test in 2019. Jewish schools in Nassau County averaged 50.8% proficiency in 2019 on the fourth grade ELA test. Catholic schools averaged 50.94%. Independent schools averaged 30% in proficiency.It is generally up to the school board of the private school to determine whether its students are receiving a substantially equivalent education to public school.To pass in an unregistered private school, on a school‐made final exam, a student only needs a score of 55–64, which is determined by the school. To pass the Regents a student needs a score of 64.The New York education law does not define how exactly to make private education substantially equivalent to public schools.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL law &; legislation; PUBLIC schools; EDUCATIONAL equalization; PRIVATE school students; CONSTITUTIONAL amendments (United States); EDUCATIONAL change; COMPULSORY education laws
- Publication
Family Court Review, 2022, Vol 60, Issue 4, p870
- ISSN
1531-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fcre.12680