"It basically undoes the SED regulations...Our job as legislators is to make sure all children get the best education we can provide, [and] to ensure they can be productive members of our society." - Senator Liz Krueger

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"There is only a very small number of yeshivas who are struggling to meet these standards...This cannot be a political debate — we must be focused on ensuring all children are provided a sound basic education as guaranteed by our constitution.” - Senator Liz Krueger

"We've already empowered the State Education Department to have oversight. Obviously, we want every kid in this state to learn to read and write, especially in English, so I'm not sure why it's coming up at this time." - Assembly Member Harvey Epstein

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“This appears to be an attempt by some legislators to go around our state’s courts and dismantle a law that has been in place for over a century. Access to a high-quality education for every child could be traded away as part of a political deal." - NYSED

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"This is not policymaking — it’s sabotage. And it’s being done at the expense of children who lack the political power to defend themselves." - David Bloomfield, Professor of education leadership, law, and policy at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center.

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"I think we should be making as informed a decision on this as possible...I think it's in everyone's interest, including the students and the families and yeshivas, that people receive a substantially equivalent education." - Senator Zellnor Myrie

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"[NYSED] has worked hard to bring all of New York's schools into compliance with basic standards. By countermanding that work at this late date, the governor and the Legislature are betraying education officials as well as the students they claim to care about."

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“Watering down this issue does not serve our children well. My hope is we all think about not a political situation, but an educational situation on behalf of all children.” - ​​Betty Rosa, Commissioner of the New York State Education Department

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“It’s three-dimensional chess — with the yeshivas as just a pawn,” - David Bloomfield, Professor of education leadership, law, and policy at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center.

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"Albany is on the cusp of weakening state oversight of religious schools...that would be a shanda...If it happens, it’ll be because it got slipped into the state budget, not hashed out in an intelligent and open process. Double shanda." - NYDN Editorial Board

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“If this secret, behind-the-scenes deal is, in fact, accepted by the governor, we are going to have to challenge it publicly..we will also consider bringing a constitutional litigation to oppose it.” - Michael Rebell, Executive Director, Center for Educational Equity, Columbia Teachers College

“We would be truly compromising the future of these young people. As the architect of education in this system, how could I possibly support that decision?” - ​​Betty Rosa, Commissioner of the New York State Education Department

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“[I am] deeply uncomfortable with what is happening here. At best we are being asked to sign off on a major policy shift at the 11th hour without any real public discussion. That happens more often than it should in Albany, but here, the future of thousands of children is at stake.”- AM Micah Lasher

​​“When people wonder why so many Americans have so little faith that those in elected office make decisions for the right reasons, I would point to this as a perfect example,” - Senator Liz Krueger

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