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City uses emergency power to proceed with charter expansion | GothamSchools

City uses emergency power to proceed with charter expansion | GothamSchools

City uses emergency power to proceed with charter expansion

The city will forge ahead with a plan to give a Lower East Side charter school more space — even though the state ruled this week to throw that plan out.
The move takes advantage of an “emergency” provision in state law and will allow Girls Prep Charter School to expand into middle school grades in a building the charter currently shares with two district schools.
Earlier this week, State Education Commissioner David Steiner threw out the city’s plan. Steiner ruled that the