What Will (Likely) Happen If the Mayor Doesn't Get School Control Back

Mayor de Blasio, right, talks with Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña during a state Senate Education Committee hearing on extending mayoral control of city school. May 4, 2016.

Lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on mayoral control of New York City schools. Here's what's likely to happen if lawmakers don’t reconvene and reach an agreement by June 30: 

  1. A seven-member school board would likely need to be formed. 
  2. Each of the five borough presidents would appoint one school board member and Mayor Bill de Balsio would appoint two members. 
  3. Community Education Councils would cease to exist the minute mayoral control lapses. (The councils are made up of nine elected school parents and two members appointed by borough presidents). 
  4. Elections would have to be held for 32 new Community School Boards — one for each district.

The last time this happened was in 2009 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His staff successfully convinced borough presidents at the time to appoint school board members who supported the mayor's policies. Elections for Community School Boards were scheduled to be held in May of 2010, but then, just before the start of the new school year, the legislature extended mayoral control for six years.

De Blasio is hoping lawmakers will reconvene by June 30 to avoid scrambling to create a new system over the summer.