A City Council hearing on Tuesday served up the latest volley in a political battle over charter schools, but it may not have been the fight council members were looking for.
The Education Committee’s hearing on charter school management and accountability was packed except for the people at the center of the controversy.
Charter school leaders and funders did not show up.
The City Council cannot compel their testimony because the schools are privately run.
Instead, council members had to talk with Department of Education officials, but that led to frustration too.
“You’re not looking to partner with us to address the issues that we’re talking about. You’re just continuing to speak on practices that we do not agree with and that we’re not happy with. And I’m concerned about that,” said City Councilman Antonio Reynoso.
The chair of the committee said he would look into whether some schools broke the law when they bused thousands of students to a charter school rally in Albany.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is a strong advocate for the schools, and made sure that the new state budget required the city to provide space for the schools.
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