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Alan Cheng clarifies state monitoring requirements do not begin until 2029

New York City Council · Sep 22, 2026 · starts 1:30:56 · 44 sec

Cheng clarifies that state requirements for measuring and monitoring Portrait proficiencies take effect in 2029, not 2027. He says DOE wants to be ahead of the curve and already has examples.

Alan Cheng

Chair, I also want to just use this opportunity to provide some additional clarity for you and for our families out there, which is that this particular transition, I hear you use the year 2027.

Alan Cheng

State requirement with regards to measuring and monitoring progress towards these portrait of a graduate proficiencies do not take effect until the year 2029.

Alan Cheng

And so we are committed to and want to be ahead of the curve and already

Alan Cheng

have some great examples, but wanted to be able to clarify a little bit of that timeline, which is not that all of a sudden in the year 2027, we would have these new requirements.