Important updates here on where things landed with education in NY’s budget. Cellphone ban (big!) and a wild backroom deal to roll back standards for yeshivas.
It's more than a month late, but we've finally got a state budget!
In our education round-up: a statewide cellphone ban, rollbacks for substantial equivalency and Foundation Aid *finally* gets an update @nysfocus.bsky.social nysfocus.com/2025/05/09/n...
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