Six yeshivas have been told that they are no longer legally considered schools as the state Education Department begins to enforce regulations designed to ensure every student receives a “sound, basic education.”
In the last month, the state Education Department sent letters to six yeshivas, all in New York City, directing every family to enroll their children elsewhere this fall.
The schools will also lose all state funding, the letters said. That funding helps the schools provide students with meals, transportation and textbooks…