The head of a board that doles out state charter-school licenses says Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature should lift the cap on the number of city charters next year so Big Apple students can succeed.
The charter licenses approved by lawmakers last year have already been doled out, which means no more of the schools can be approved in the Big Apple because of the cap.
“We should focus more on kids — not politics,” said Joseph Belluck, chairman of the State University of New York committee that reviews and licenses charter schools.
“Lifting the cap will help us provide more slots to kids who need it,” said Belluck, whose group, along with the state Education Department, distributes the licenses.
There are currently 282 charter schools serving nearly 150,000 students in the city. The charters make up about 15% of publicly funded Big Apple schools.
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