TAKEN TO TASK ABOUT HIS
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
Reporter: SCHOOL CHANCELLOR
WAS SUPPOSED TO
TALK ABOUT SEGREGATION.
INSTEAD HE GOT SCHOOLED, TAKEN
TO TASK FOR IN THIS
FAILURE TO INCLUDE A HOST OF
THE CITY COUNCIL'S PET
PROJECTS IN HIS NEW BUDGET.
THE SPEAKER CORY JOHNSON CALLED
THE AGENCY SPENDING
PLAN.
DISRESPECTFUL.
WHOLLY AND TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE.
Reporter: COUNCIL PRIORITIES
INCLUDED ISSUE
CREASED STUDENT FARE FUNDING,
THE SAME AMOUNT OF
MONEY SPENT PER STUDENT, BUSING
FOR STUDENTS IN
FOSTER CARE, MORE GIFTED AND
TALENTED CLASSROOMS,
AND PAY PARITY FOR EARLY
CHILDHOOD TEACHERS.
NOT INVESTING IN FAIR
STUDENT FUNDING, IN ALL OF
THE THING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
SPENT WEEKS ON, I
FIND TO BE DISRESPECTFUL GOING
AGAINST THE TESTIMONY
HERE TODAY.
Reporter: THE CHANCELLOR --
SPEAKER JOHNSON
GAVE YOU SOMETHING OF A TONGUE
LASHING OVER THE
BUDGET.
BUDGET PROCESS IS A
PROCESS.
I DON'T PRINT MY OWN MONEY AND
THE CITY DOESN'T
EITHER.
BASED ON THE LIST I HAVE SEEN
FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
I DON'T DISAGREE.
THERE IS ONLY A FINITE POT OF
MONEY.
Reporter: DURING THE HEARING
HE MADE A PLEA TO
DESEGREGATE SCHOOLS, STARTING
WITH THE ELIMINATION
OF THE TEST FOR THE EIGHT
SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE SINGLE ADD
MANIPULATIONS TEST IS UNFAIR
AND
THE STATUS QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE.
Reporter: A PANEL OF NEW
YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AGREED.
ONE CALLED THE TEST A CRIME
THAT HAS GONE ON TOO
LONG.
I'M HERE 65 YEARS AFTER THE
COURT DECIDED
SEGREGATION HAD TO GO.
FIVE YEARS AFTER NEW YORK CITY
WAS CALLED OUT AS
HAVING THE MOST SEGREGATED
SCHOOL SYSTEM IN AMERICA.
Reporter: SHE WANTS TO END
THE TEST FOR THE
SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS BUT.
THE TEST IS OBJECTIVE, IT'S
MERIT BASED.
IF 2 DOESN'T ASK YOUR RACE, IT
DOESN'T ASK WHO YOUR
PARENTS ARE.
Reporter: THE STATE
LEGISLATURE HAS TO DECIDE
ABOUT ELIMINATING THE TEST.
IN THE MEANTIME THE CITY
COUNCIL WANTS TO EXPAND
OPPORTUNITIES BY CREATING MORE
ELITE HIGH SCHOOLS
