¹ú²úºÚÁÏ Announces New School Accountability Determinations
The ¹ú²úºÚÁÏ (¹ú²úºÚÁÏ) announced district and school accountability determinations as required by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and New York’s ESSA plan. State ¹ú²úºÚÁÏ Commissioner MaryEllen Elia identified 106 school districts as Target Districts, 245 schools for Comprehensive Support and Improvement and 125 schools for Targeted Support and Improvement. In addition, ¹ú²úºÚÁÏ identified 26 schools to be newly placed into receivership and 37 schools to be removed from receivership at the end of the 2018-19 school year, including two schools scheduled to close. This will leave 43 schools in receivership at the end of the 2018-19 school year.