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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR- 370-09
August 11, 2009

STATEMENT OF MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG ON GOVERNOR PATERSON'S SIGNING OF THE RENEWED SCHOOL GOVERNANCE LEGISLATION

“This is a tremendous day for public schools in New York City. I thank the Governor for his critical support over the past several months in securing passage of this historic legislation. Mayoral control of schools has enabled us to take a failing and dysfunctional system and create the safest schools in generations, raise math and English scores dramatically, and help record numbers of students graduate from high school. By re-authorizing a governance structure rooted in accountability, our leaders in the State Assembly and Senate, along with the Governor, have given us the key to continue moving our reforms forward, and to making good on our promise to provide every New York City child with a first-rate public education.”







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