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Senate Republicans, on the final day of the session, agreed to take up Cuomo’s bill, which will make public all teacher evaluations, without names attached. Parents would then be able to obtain the specific evaluations of their own child’s teacher. Assembly Democrats had already agreed to pass it. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says it’s a reasonable compromise.
 
“It strikes a good balance between parents’ right to know and some form of confidentially,” Skelos said.
 

Governor Cuomo’s proposal to make public teacher evaluations will become law, now that the Senate has agreed to take up the measure on the final day of the legislative session.
 
Senate Republicans, after a closed door meeting, agreed to take up Governor Cuomo’s bill to make public all teacher evaluations, without names attached. Parents would then be able to obtain the specific evaluations of their child’s teacher. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says it’s a reasonable compromise between teachers’ privacy and parent’s right to know.
 

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg testified before the State Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday in Albany where he expressed 'strong support for many elements' of Governor Cuomo's proposed Executive Budget. View full testimony here.