Monica Disare | Chalkbeat NY
“With almost no public warning and little board discussion, a 17-member policymaking body wiped out one of the main elements of the state’s teacher evaluation law late last year.
A few months later, the same body, the New York State Board of Regents, passed a regulation that enabled thousands of students with disabilities to become eligible for diplomas only weeks before graduation. The provision was enacted so quickly, some disabled students could have diplomas in hand even before the public comment period on the measure ends.”