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NYC teachers were promised $8,500 bonuses for large class sizes. The details are murky.

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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. When Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured a two-year delay in fully complying with the state’s class size law, the teachers union won a concession: Educators could receive pay bumps of up to $8,500 if their classes exceeded the caps. But more than two months after the union announced the bonuses — and with the first day of class less than a month away — it remains unclear which teachers will receive them. Teachers may be eligible for extra pay if their classrooms are exempt from the law because their building doesn’t have enough space or if their school can’t hire enough educators to staff smaller classes. But not every teacher in an exempt classroom will get a bonus, according to the union . The Education Department declined to explain how bonuses will be awarded or how much money has been budgeted for the payments. Union officials contend the payments create a powe

First report: 100 teachers receive over $9,000 each in life-changing bonuses — timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 1d