Eric Adams will invest more than $500 million in city and state funding in fiscal year 2025 (FY25) for educational programs for young New Yorkers, including mental health care, career readiness, and literacy programs for New York City public school students. announced that it would invest in Administrative budget.
The Adams Administration will also launch a $5 million outreach effort to maximize the number of children enrolled in 3K and preschool programs across New York City. Currently, tens of thousands of early childhood education slots remain unfilled and vacant every day in New York City. His $5 million outreach effort for the city is aimed at maximizing the number of children enrolled in childcare centers and is aimed at maximizing the number of children enrolled in daycare centers. By focusing on populations and regions with low childcare enrollment rates, the administration will also help ensure that every child who needs a seat in early childhood education has access to childcare facilities. .
In addition, the city will invest $25 million in funding to provide special education classes and related services within the district's schools to preschool students with special needs who are on a contract provider's waiting list. It's a schedule. Finally, Mayor Adams announced that the city will invest his $8 million into his MyCity portal, making it easier for any New Yorker to apply for subsidized child care and other city services. .
In its executive budget, the Adams administration plans to allocate $514 million in a combination of city and state recurrent funds to backfill programs, including:
- Supporting citywide 3-K expansion as we transition from the original stimulus funding source ($92 million, FY2025).
- Support for approximately 500 social workers and psychologists to provide mental health support in schools ($74 million starting in FY25).
- Maintains funding for preschool special education providers to increase service hours and resources for DOE-related services and evaluation teams ($56 million, starting in FY25).
- Arts Grants Program ($41 million, FY25).
- Public School Athletic League ($27 million, starting in fiscal year 2025).
- Literacy and Dyslexia Programs and Academic Assessments in both English Language Arts and Mathematics ($17 million, starting in FY25).
- Funding for coordinators for students in temporary housing in schools and shelters ($17 million starting in fiscal year 2025).
- Bilingual education funding ($10 million, starting in FY25) for curriculum and assessment, teacher preparation and staffing, professional learning, and multilingual family and community engagement for 100 bilingual programs.
- Support for the New Visions Data Platform data portal used by hundreds of schools to track and view student performance and attendance data ($9 million, 2025)
- Translation and interpretation services for DOE students and their families ($6 million starting in fiscal year 2025).
