Support for New York State Adopting a “Parent Trigger Law” for Buffalo Public Schools—The Council adopted a resolution sponsored by Council Members Demone A. Smith and Michael P. Kearns expressing its support for New York State (“NYS”) Assembly Bill A7569 which would permit the parents of pupils attending a Buffalo Public School (“BPS”) on the NYS Persistently Lowest Achieving (“PLA”) list to choose implementation of an education intervention model. BPS educates nearly 33,000 students in 59 separate schools. Of those schools, 13 are currently on the PLA list and an additional 13 schools will likely be placed on the PLA list in the near future. NYS mandates that if a school is placed on the PLA list, the local school district must choose one of four education intervention models in an attempt to improve the school.

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WASHINGTON– Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28) today said that the process to allow guest workers to help on local farms must be streamlined and made easier for the sake of New York’s farmers and the Upstate economy.

Today she sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis following up on months of work to assist Western New York seasonal farmers obtain the labor they need in advance of this year’s harvest season.

In March, Slaughter met with local farmers and the Department of Labor in her Washington office to begin a dialogue that will ease the process for local farmers.