The proposal came Tuesday as Hochul presented her $252 billion 2026 state budget, which called for a nearly $1.7 billion increase in funding for the state’s public schools.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will move to limit cellphone use in New York schools this year, she said during her annual State of the State address in Albany.

The campaign will begin shortly after some advocates criticized Mayor Eric Adams due to the lack of concrete child care policy proposals in his State of the City speech.

The mayor’s speech, which leaned heavily on issues of affordability, public safety, and housing, comes at a pivotal moment for Adams.

Election season for New York City’s Community Education Councils kicks off next week, as applications open to serve out two-year terms on the parent-led boards.

Some parents and educators in Manhattan school districts impacted by the congestion pricing program say the toll should include exemptions for public school students and teachers.

New York lawmakers will have to navigate questions over how to update the state’s school funding formula, as well as the uncertainties of a second Trump presidency.

The School for Global Leaders, an International Baccalaureate middle school on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, will welcome its first ninth grade class next year.

At a Monday Board of Regents meeting, state education officials called for a $2 billion increase in state aid for the 2025-26 school year, as well as updates to Foundation Aid.

A more than 300-page report on how to revise the state’s school funding formula prompted mixed initial reactions from advocates and lawmakers.