The New York State Education Department’s wings clipped in yeshivah regs ruling
When SED strictly applied the Part 130 Regulations to a yeshivah in October 2022, it was back to the courthouse.
PEARLS, Agudah, and Torah Umesorah, along with the five oldest yeshivos in New York, filed suit, arguing that the Department had vastly exceeded its legal mandate.
The case eventually reached the New York State Court of Appeals — and the justices drew a firm line.
The ruling also came just weeks after a parallel development in Albany. In May, Governor Kathy Hochul and a bloc of pro-yeshivah legislators — including Assemblymen Simcha Eichenstein, Aaron Weider, Kalman Yeger, and Sam Berger — successfully inserted language into the state budget that offers more flexibility in how substantial equivalency can be demonstrated.
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