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ABOUT EPP

EPP Task Forces

City, State, and Federal Budget Policies Monitoring Task Force

Dr. Joan Scheuer, Chair

This committee will interview budget staff and decision makers in order to develop an overall understanding of how mayoral control, state legislative decisions (or lack of decisions) on the CFE court ruling, and the federal No Child Left Behind and Medicaid enforcement have changed the dynamics of city, state, and federal funding practices.

Special Education Funding Monitoring Task Force

Miguel Salazar, Chair

This committee will learn how to track special education funding, will interview budget staff, and will work on developing a policy on how special education should be funded at the state level, when and if a new education funding structure is adopted.

Testing Policies Monitoring Task Force

Dr. Roscoe Brown, Chair

This committee will not formulate recommendations for a new testing policy, unless there is closure on the CFE remedy (prior EPP consensus), because all the CFE remedy plans (Regents, CFE/NYSSBA, and Zarb) are based on Regents performance targets. This committee will interview academics and state and city officials to gather opinions on the value of different tests, establish cost comparisons of administering testing programs and alternative assessments, and identify existing testing requirements in state and federal law and their consequences.

Overcrowding and Class Size Reduction Task Force

Betty Machol, Chair

This committee will monitor changes in the adopted capital plan and SCA construction projects and will pursue two advocacy objectives: 1) to have the Department of Education do a survey of where schools have sufficient space for an additional building (in overcrowded districts only) and 2) the enforcement of class size reduction budget requirements, if this funding remains in the state budget.Committees will have their first meeting in September. Meeting locations will vary, since some meetings will consist of an interview.

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