New York City Council Committee on Education Meeting Minutes - November 17, 2025
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The Committee on Education met jointly with the Committee on Children and Youth to discuss educational access in juvenile detention centers, a pilot program on reducing surplus food in public schools, and several resolutions related to educational leadership and student representation in New York City public schools.
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- Held an oversight hearing on educational access in NYC’s juvenile detention centers.
- Held a hearing on Int 0987-2024, a local law for a pilot program to develop and distribute educational materials regarding surplus food reduction in public schools; the bill was laid over by the committee.
- Held hearings on multiple resolutions calling on the New York State Legislature to pass bills establishing a Citywide Educational Leadership Team, requiring student representatives on District and School Leadership Teams, and mandating open meeting laws for District Leadership Teams; all resolutions were laid over by the committee.
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Committee on Education
Jointly with the Committee on Children and Youth
Agenda
- Oversight - Educational Access in NYC’s Juvenile Detention Centers.
- A Local Law in relation to a pilot program to develop and distribute educational materials regarding the reduction of surplus food in public schools
- Resolution recognizing the month of March annually as Music In Our Schools Month in the City of New York
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.3067 and a companion bill in the Assembly, to establish a Citywide Educational Leadership Team
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.3064/A.505, to require each District Leadership Team and School Leadership Team to include one student representative as a member of such teams within the New York City public school system
- Resolution calling upon the New York Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S3065/A512, which requires that District Leadership Teams operate under Open Meeting Law requirements.
- Jointly with the Committee on Children and Youth
- Roll Call
- Oversight - Educational Access in NYC’s Juvenile Detention Centers.
- A Local Law in relation to a pilot program to develop and distribute educational materials regarding the reduction of surplus food in public schools
- Resolution recognizing the month of March annually as Music In Our Schools Month in the City of New York
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.3067 and a companion bill in the Assembly, to establish a Citywide Educational Leadership Team
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.3064/A.505, to require each District Leadership Team and School Leadership Team to include one student representative as a member of such teams within the New York City public school system
- Resolution calling upon the New York Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S3065/A512, which requires that District Leadership Teams operate under Open Meeting Law requirements.
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