Class Size Matters: We're With Her and Our Students

Leonie Haimson's Class Size Matters needs your help in the fight to reduce class size in New York City Public Schools. Also, in prioritizing funding for those students and schools most in need.

Leonie Haimson's Class Size Matters needs your help in the fight to reduce class size in New York City Public Schools. Also, in prioritizing funding for those students and schools most in need.

Class sizes in NYC schools are 15-30% larger than in the rest of the state, and too large according to NY State's highest court to provide a sound basic education to our kids.  Now that NYC DOE is getting full Foundation funding from the NY State, as promised by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit, it's time for the law to be updated so that NYC renews its commitment to lower class size. 

A bill in the State Senate and State Assembly would do this, sponsored by Sen. Robert Jackson, the original CFE plaintiff, and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon.

Please ask your State Legislators to co-sponsor these bills by sending them a letter.

You can send a letter to their state legislators and sign a petition to the Mayor for smaller classes, starting next year, right now! (Click the pink links provided)

Also, to take this survey about how they would like the $8B plus in additional state and federal funds to be used to improve our schools.

Equity. Now.

Smaller classes. Now.