The current school-budget crisis is no surprise to many veteran city public school educators. Fiscal turmoil seems to assault our schools every 15 or 20 years. Typically, teachers are called upon to save the day and, for the sake of the children...

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Educators who are serving or who have served in the U.S. military qualify for special leaves of absence and may be eligible for special benefits

Listed vertically down the left-hand side of the schedule are salary steps. An employee will move one step for each semester of satisfactory service. Listed horizontally across the top of each salary schedule are the salary differentials. An employee...

The UFT Legal Plan with its Elder Law Supplement helps and protects all Retired Teachers Chapter members and their spouses or domestic partners.

With the exception of students in special classes with a staffing ratio of 12:1:4, the chronological age range within special classes composed of students who are less than 16 years of age must not exceed 36 months.

Special classes offer different levels of staffing intensity depending upon the intensity of a student's academic and/or management needs.

State regulations delineate specific criteria for operation of special classes. The maximum class size for special classes and maximum chronological age ranges within these classes are specified in these regulations. The regulations allow some...

The number of students with disabilities in an Integrated Co-Teaching class may not exceed 40 percent of the total class register with a maximum of 12 students with disabilities.