(Albany, NY)

Senator Michael Gianaris and Senate Democrats announced an education package to aid public schools by investing $682 million in an education infrastructure bank. This funding would help schools deal with needs involving physical capacity and school construction, areas crucial to providing a solution for the current issue of overcrowding at PS/IS 78.

Senator Gianaris believes this funding would be a lifeline not only for PS/IS 78, but for all parents and students dealing with the lack of classroom seats throughout CEC Districts 24 and 30, two of the most overcrowded districts in the city.

 

"School overcrowding is a crisis directly affecting the lives of teachers, students and parents in western Queens every day and it must be dealt with immediately," said Senator Gianaris. "Our neighborhoods are growing and more needs to be done to ensure infrastructure keeps pace. I will never stop fighting to provide our kids with the resources they deserve, and I will work to make this education infrastructure bank a reality quickly enough to solve the problems plaguing PS/IS 78 and so many other schools in western Queens."

 

The $682 million investment in the education infrastructure bank would be funded from the state's projected surplus and settlement funds. This crucial investment on behalf of New York's students will help overcrowded schools throughout New York rebuild and renew their facilities to accommodate more students and create good local jobs in the process.

 

Other education measures in the package would also provide teachers with the support they need to succeed, fund community schools that offer holistic social services, and begin a study to analyze the cost-effectiveness of state testing.

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