NY state budget weakens yeshiva oversight in blow to secular education advocates - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

New York state budget weakens yeshiva oversight

The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders.

NY state budget weakens yeshiva oversight in blow to secular education advocates - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

New York lawmakers voted to weaken oversight over yeshiva education as part of the state budget deal struck under Gov. Kathy Hochul and approved Thursday evening. The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders, who have been fighting for more than a decade against efforts to ensure that Hasidic all-boys schools provide at least basic instruction in secular topics such as math, English and science as required by a centu…

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