NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Education is putting a pin in a multimillion-dollar proposed textbooks contract after the New York Daily News reported that it offered no discount on a bulk order for the nation’s largest school system.
The Panel for Educational Policy was slated to vote Wednesday night on a seven-year agreement with educational publisher McGraw Hill estimated to total $31.7 million — when it was pulled from the agenda just hours before the monthly meeting.
“After receiving feedback and questions at our contracts committee meeting on Monday, we have decided to pull our proposed contract, answer the questions raised by panel members, and revisit it at a later date,” DOE spokesperson Nathaniel Styer told the Daily News on Wednesday afternoon.
