New Yorkers Call for an Immediate Independent Investigation of Governor Cuomo for Unconstitutional Interference in Education Policy & Violations of NY State Public Officer Ethics Law Governor Andrew Cuomo will address New Yorkers today in his State of the State address which will reveal his education reform agenda, an agenda which amounts to an unconstitutional attempt to seize power and interfere with education policy in New York State. New Yorkers across the state are rising up to show their dissatisfaction with the Governor’s misguided education agenda, including NYSAPE’s advocacy campaign that generated over a quarter of a million letters to Albany. In the months leading up to today’s address, Cuomo has made it clear his agenda, and that of his backers, is to assume control of education in New York, going so far as to call local control of democratically governed schools a monopoly that must be broken up. The governor has also vowed to expand the growth of privately owned and operated charter schools, schools that are not beholden to public oversight. In response, New York State Allies for Public Education (NYSAPE) calls for an independent investigation of Cuomo’s interference with education policy, violations of NYS Public Officer Ethics Law, and failure to uphold his oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the State of New York. Governor Does Not Have Oversight of Education Under NYS Constitution: Attempts to Direct Education Agenda Tied to Budget is Unconstitutional For over two hundred years, the New York State Constitution has ensured a very healthy separation of powers. In New York, a governor controls the majority of state agencies, and as a check and balance, requires the Senate to approve any leaders the governor seeks to appoint. Our predecessors, in their wisdom, drafted a NYS Constitution that explicitly put education under the control of a board and branch of government most representative of the people: the Board of Regents, whose members are appointed by the NYS Legislature. As a check and balance, the Legislature can increase or reduce the power of the Regents. - See more at: nysape.org/new-yorkers-call-for-an-immediate-independent-investigation-of-governor-cuomo.html#sthash.AFfIufyN.77PFiNHo.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 05:43:59 +0000
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