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Joseph asks DOE about 2026 Seal earners and school coverage

New York City Council · Oct 20, 2026 · starts 0:43:03 · 44 sec

Joseph asks how many class of 2026 students earned the Seal and how many high schools offered it. Jenna Ryle says 12,019 students earned the Seal across 230 high schools.

Rita C. Joseph

New York City Public Schools, how many students in the class of 2026 earned a New York State seal of civic readiness and how many high schools?

Rita C. Joseph

How many students in total were in the class of 2026 and how many New York City Public Schools in total?

Jenna Ryle

In the 25-26 school year, we had 12,019 students earn the seal of civic readiness, and that was across 230 high schools.

Rita C. Joseph

Is the plan to offer that in every high school?

Jenna Ryle

Yes.

Rita C. Joseph

What, is there a timeline?

Jenna Ryle

We are actively pursuing 100% participation.

Jenna Ryle

Right now we're in 56.2% of our diploma granting schools.

Rita C. Joseph

Okay.