Class Size Trends Citywide in District 12 plus

Class Size Trends Citywide & in District 12 plus school overcrowding Leonie Haimson & Peter La. Chance Class Size Matters 2/13/20 www. classsizematters. org Info@classsizematters. org

25 students per class in Kindergarten What are the UFT contractual class sizes limits? 32 students per class in elementary grades In Title I middle school, 30 students per class, 33 in non-Title I MS 34 students per class in high school core academic classes These class size caps have not been lowered in 50 YEARS! Even so, hundreds of classes violate the union contractual caps each year.

At least 29, 133 – 67, 648* students were in classes over UFT limits as of Oct. 31, 2019 6 431 5 876 4 344 4 222 3 405 3 293 1 562 K 1 st-3 rd 4 th-8 th HS ELA HS Math HS Science *the lower figure uses 33 students as class size cap for non-Title I MS; the higher figure uses 30 as cap for Title I MS. HS Soc. Studies

In 2007, NYS Legislature passed a new law called the Contracts for Excellence (C 4 E)

C 4 E law states that in return for millions in new state funding, NYC has a legal obligation to: 1. Spend the funds to improve school conditions in six specified areas. 2. Create a plan to gradually reduce class sizes in all grades over five years in three grade spans. 3. In 2007, NYC submitted a 5 -yr plan to reduce class sizes to no more than 20 in grades K-3; 23 in grades 4 -8 and 25 in core HS classes. 4. Yet instead of decreasing, class sizes increased sharply, starting in 2008.

Average K-3 rd Class Sizes Citywide and D 12 Citywide have increase 13. 3% since 2006 D 12 have fallen since 2013 but are still 11. 2% larger than in 2006 26 24, 5 25 23, 9 24 22, 9 23 22 21 20 19 22, 1 21 21 20, 9 20, 7 20, 2 19, 6 21, 4 20, 5 21, 4 20, 3 24, 9 24, 7 24, 6 24, 9 24, 2 23, 7 23, 8 23, 1 24, 2 23, 5 24, 0 23, 9 23, 1 21, 9 20, 1 23, 8 21, 8 19, 9 19, 9 19, 9 18 Baseline 2007 -8 2008 -9 2009 -102010 -112011 -122012 -132013 -142014 -152015 -162015 -172017 -182018 -192019 -20 C 4 E goals Citywide actual D 12

Average 4 th-8 th Class Sizes Citywide and D 12 Citywide have increased 3. 5% since 2006 D 12 have increased 15. 3% since 2006 27 26 25, 1 25, 6 25 26, 3 25, 3 23, 9 24, 6 23 23, 3 22, 6 22, 2 26, 6 25, 1 25, 2 25, 3 24, 7 24, 6 24, 7 24, 9 22, 9 22, 9 26, 6 26, 5 25, 6 22, 9 24, 1 23, 8 22 26, 7 25, 8 24 26, 8 26, 7 26, 6 22, 1 C 4 E goals Citywide actual D 12 0 -2 19 20 20 18 -1 9 8 -1 17 20 20 16 -1 7 6 -1 15 20 5 -1 14 20 20 13 -1 4 3 20 12 -1 11 20 20 10 -1 1 0 -1 09 20 -9 08 20 -8 07 20 Ba se lin e 21

Average HS Class Sizes Increased 2% Since 2007 28 27 26, 6 26, 2 26, 1 26 26, 5 26 26, 4 26, 3 24, 5 26, 7 26, 8 24, 5 26, 7 26, 5 26, 4 24, 5 25, 7 25 25, 2 24, 8 24 24, 5 C 4 E Target 0 -2 19 01 -2 18 20 Citywide Actual 20 9 8 -1 17 20 16 20 20 15 -1 -1 7 6 5 -1 14 20 4 -1 13 20 20 12 -1 3 2 -1 11 20 1 -1 10 20 20 09 -1 0 9 -0 08 20 20 07 -0 8 23

But average class sizes only tell part of the story! The total number of students in large classes citywide has also increased since 2007.

200 000 At least *325, 430 NYC students in classes of 30 or more as of Oct. 31, 2019 *177, 618 , 180 000 160 000 140 000 112 250 120 000 100 000 80 000 60 000 40 000 35 562 20 000 0 K-3 4 th-8 th HS (min) *Only HS students in social studies classes included to avoid double counting

Citywide no. of Kindergarten students in classes of 25 or more has increased 68% since 2007 18 768 20 000 16 000 12 000 11 174 8 000 4 000 0 2007 2019

Number of 1 st-3 rd graders in classes of 30 or more has increased by 2, 893% since 2007 40 000 35 471 30 000 20 000 1 185 0 2007 2019

Number of 4 th-8 th graders in classes of 30 or more has increased by 35% since 2007 112 250 120 000 100 000 83 055 80 000 60 000 40 000 20 000 0 2007 2019

Class size lawsuit filed in state court In July 2017, CSM along with 9 NYC parents & AQE filed a complaint with the State Education Commissioner to demand they enforce the C 4 E and require NYC to lower class size. In April 2018, after the Commissioner ruled against us, we followed up with a lawsuit vs. the city and the state in the NYS Supreme Court. Though Judge Henry Zwack ruled that the Commissioner’s decision to allow NYC to increase class size should be given deference, we appealed the case to the Appellate Court in May 2019. Hearings were held at the NY Appellate Court in Albany on Monday, January 13, 2020.

School overcrowding also an issue in many districts, including D 12 • C 4 E regs require capital plan be aligned with DOE’s class size reduction plan. • Data in Blue Book shows that last year, there were 524, 467 students in NYC schools at 100% utilization or more. • This is 53. 2% of all NYC students. • Though in some districts, there would be space to lower class size right now.

N' S ILD RE CH X ON E TL LIT Y IT UN M CO M 47 0 122% 124% S. 30 OL 6 6 5 L 5 160% P. S. P. 19 19 19 HO SC S. P. 19 57 . . L R. OO SC H S. P. CH A P. 6 OO SC H TY RY UN I M M CO TA 53 0 RT ER CH A S. P. 15 120% 121% BR A AR M ET Y CI SO EN EL EM CA L CL AS SI S. P. 6 113% 119% 100% 101% 105% SA D AI ER X BR ON CH AR H UT SO S. 120% P. There were 15 District 12 Elementary Schools at or Above 100% Utilization in 2018 -2019 137% 139% 80% 40% 0%

There were also 7 District 12 Middle and High Schools at or Above 100% Utilization in 2018 -2019 133% 120% 101% 102% 104% 105% 106% 108% I. S. 383 I. S. 316 I. S. 286 I. S. 129 I. S. 242 THE METROPOLITAN SOUNDVIEW HS 80% 40% 0% EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE

Despite overcrowding and large class sizes, the Capital Plan decreased funded seats in many districts between Feb. 2019 and Nov. 2019 • The Nov. 2019 proposed amendment to the Five-Year Capital Plan appears to increase by 572 funded seats but actually eliminates 1, 772 seats for Districts 1 -32 and HS. • 2, 344 seats for D 75 special education are now included in the total, though not in the Feb. 2019 Capital Plan. • D 12 gained an extra 132 funded seats in the new plan to make a total of 1, 066 seats. • All the D 12 seats are apparently completed or in progress.

Funded Seats in the Nov. 2019 Capital Plan 57, 489 total funded seats 40, 760 seats still unsited 6 685 7000 5 636 6000 5000 4000 3000 2 978 2 925 2 512 3 136 1000 2 716 2 424 1 802 2000 3 060 2 892 2 592 2 344 1 776 1 620 [VALUE] 991 542 3 844 3 532 824 1 116 476 0 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 District 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Q HS D 75

There are 3 subdistricts in D 12, but only 1 has seats in capital plan • Tremont/East Tremont (0 seats) • Tremont/West Farms (1, 066 seats) • Belmont (0 seats)

What are we doing? • We are urging the City Council to allocate dedicated funding for class size reduction, especially in struggling schools and in the lower grades. • We will again push for this in next year’s budget. • Please join our campaign by passing a resolution for funds to be allocated towards reducing class size • And contact your Council Members to support this effort.

We released a report on charter facility funding in October 2019. • State law passed in 2010 requires matching funds for facility upgrades for public schools co-located with charter schools, for every expenditure by charters for facility renovations over $5000. • We found that FY 2014 to FY 2019, about $22. 1 million in charter school expenditures on facility upgrades were not matched in the public schools that shared their buildings, a shortfall of about 14%

Millions Missing Matching funds per year, FY 2014 -2019 (in millions) ($22. 1 million total) $6, 5 $6, 4 FY 2018 FY 2019 $4, 6 $1, 3 FY 2014 $1, 7 $1, 6 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 Source: DOE Charter Matching Tracker FY 2014 to FY 2019

Missing Matching Funds for D 12 Public Schools Co-located with Charters Total of $248, 470 from FY 2014 - 2019 $120 000 I. S. 267 Bronx Career & College Prep HS $100 000 $80 000 $60 000 $111 510, 00 $87 760, 00 $40 000 $20 000 P. S. 211 $27 800, 00 $0 Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Sci. I. S. 318 $19 750, 00 Entrada Academy $1 650, 00 Children's Aid College New Visions Charter HS Prep for Adv. Math & Sci. , & Humanities

In 2014, the state passed a law stating that NYC must either provide charter schools space in public school buildings or help them pay for private space NYC is the only district in the state and the country with this legal obligation. We found that the cost of leasing private buildings for charters or providing them a per-student subsidy to help with their rent has risen sharply, and was over $100 M last year; This amount, if used to finance the school capital plan, could fund a substantial increase in school seats to ease overcrowding.

Contact your state legislators urging them to amend the law to relieve DOE’s obligation to provide space for charters in public schools or pay for their rent in private buildings. Join us in advocating for specific funding be allocated for class size reduction in next city budget and that the capital plan be expanded. How you can help City Hall Rally and hearings on class size to come. We’re co-sponsoring a Parent Action Conference with NYC Kids PAC on March 7, 2020 with panels & workshops to explore these issues and more. Sign up for our newsletter for updates at www. classsizematters. org