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In return, NYS has sent $2.4 billion in C4E funds to NYC since 2007.
*other allowed programs include Time on Task; Teacher & Principal Quality; Middle & HS Restructuring; Full-Day Pre-K; & Model Programs for English Language Learners
Yet despite citys promise, class sizes have risen sharply in K-3; this year, the 5th year of CSR plan, by one student per class, far above C4E goals
NYC class sizes K-3 actuals vs. C4E goals
25
24
23.9
22.9
22
C4E goals
20.3
20
20.1
19.9
Citywide actual
19
25
24.9
24 23.2 23 22.4 22 22.1 21.7 21 21.6 22.1 21.4 21.1 21.0 20.9 22.9
23.9
21.3
20
19
18
Also in grades 4-8, class sizes have continued to increase far above C4E goals
NYC class sizes 4th-8th actuals vs. C4e goals
27 26.6 26.3 26 25.6 students per class 25 25.1 24.8 25.3 24.6 23.8 23.3 23 22.9 25.8
C4E target
24
Citywide actual
22
21
Also in HS: average class sizes have risen far above goals
HS core class sizes actuals vs. C4E goals
27.5 27 26.5 students per class 26 25.5 25 24.5 26 25.6 26.1 25.7 25.2 24.8 24.5 Actual C4E targets 26.2 26.6 27
24
23.5 23 2007-8 2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
23 22.6 22.5
22
28
27.7
27
24
60%
58% 58%
50%
42% 40% 38% 33% 31% 33% 27% 26% 23% 24% 20% 20% 17% 16%
40%
39%
41%
30%
30% 27%
11% 7% 6% 6%
11%
16%
8%
0%
Recent study shows that students in smaller classes in K are more likely to graduate from college, own home and have 401K3 more than 20 years later.*
*Raj Chetty et. al. How Does your Kindergarten classroom affect your earnings? Evidence from Project Star, NBER Working Paper 16381
But even when state C4E spending increased; class sizes grew !
$700 645 $600 22.1 645 22.9 23.5 23 22.5 $500 21.4 $400 21 531 22
21.5
21 20.5
20.9
20 19.5 19
C4E goals
Spending on testing, contracts, consultants, and more bureaucrats have all risen sharply.
(including principals, secretaries, APs, literacy coaches, etc. NY Times, With More Money, City Schools Added Jobs, June 30, 2009).
DOE estimated it would cost $448 million per year in staffing to achieve class size goals in ALL schools; plus more in capital costs for school construction. This year, NYC is to receive more than $530 million in C4E funds.
UFT Contract limits Kindergarten 1-3 grades 4-5 (Title 1 Schools) 4-5 (Non-Title 1) 6-8 (Title 1 Schools) 6-8 (Non-Title 1) 9-12 (core classes)
25 28 32
32 30
33 34
22.9 22.9
22.9 24.5