New York State vows to update rules governing secular education in yeshivas

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-york-state-says-it-will-update-rules-governing-secular-education-in-yeshivas/

 The New York State Education Department on Monday announced a plan to update regulations governing education in non-public schools in the coming year, which could have major implications for the state’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious schools.

Critics of the religious schools, or yeshivas, applauded the announcement, while supporters condemned it.

New York State mandates that all children in non-public schools receive instruction that is “substantially equivalent” to education at nearby public schools. The definition of the term, and the law’s enforcement, have been the source of ongoing controversy surrounding the yeshivas.