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Cuomo OKs law to limit access to NY teacher evaluations

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. (Jan. 19, 2012)

Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a new law Monday that will limit public access to teachers’ evaluations to parents only.

Cuomo, a Democrat, had championed the proposal and had lobbied the Legislature to approve it.

“This law strikes the right balance between a teacher's right to privacy and the parents’ and public’s right to know,” Cuomo said in a statement. “New York's children deserve...

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