"A coalition of parents, advocates and a prominent education lawyer is suing New York state, accusing lawmakers of quietly gutting standards for religious schools and denying tens of thousands of Hasidic and Haredi children a basic education. On Sept. 18, Michael Rebell, lead counsel and professor emeritus of law and educational practice at Teachers College, Columbia University, joined by the firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and the Youth Advocacy and Policy Lab at Harvard Law School, announced the class-action lawsuit in Kings County Supreme Court."
"Filed on behalf of four plaintiffs and an estimated 100,000 Hasidic and Haredi students, the suit names Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and the state of New York as defendants. It challenges a provision added to the state's $237 billion fiscal year 2026 budget that rolls back education standards for nonpublic schools, including yeshivas."
Parents, advocates and an education lawyer filed a class-action lawsuit in Kings County Supreme Court on Sept. 18 on behalf of four plaintiffs and an estimated 100,000 Hasidic and Haredi students. The suit names Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and the state of New York and challenges a provision added to the state's $237 billion fiscal year 2026 budget that rolls back education standards for nonpublic schools, including yeshivas. New York Education Law Section 3204 requires nonpublic students receive an education substantially equivalent to public schools, including core subjects. Advocates say the budget change weakens enforcement, strips away testing requirements, allows schools to choose and change assessments at will, and permits compliance based on offering exams to a minimum number of students regardless of scores, narrowing secular instruction for many students.
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