Although there has been plenty of posturing from politicians, there is still no agreement to renew mayoral control of city schools. NY1's Zack Fink filed the following report.

Another day and still no agreement among state leaders on how, and even whether, to renew mayoral control of city schools, which expires this month.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has been speaking with Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan by phone. Flanagan holds the key to what the mayor wants: a multi-year extension, like those granted to his predecessor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

"So it's time for the Senate to work with us to get this done so that we don't take what has almost been 15 years of consistent progress in our schools. Higher gradution rates, lower dropout rates, higher test scores, all that is on the line."

On Friday afternoon, the mayor issued a press release warning of patronage, chaos and corruption if mayoral control were to lapse and a Board of Education would return.

This week, Flanagan and the Republican Senate passed three separate bills extending mayoral control, but all three contained provisions enhancing charter schools, which the Assembly opposes.

Sources say the mayor would be willing to accept some charter school language, although he has yet to communicate that to Flanagan. The Assembly passed its own two-year extension of m ayoral control, but it was lumped into a bill with local taxes.

"Now unlike the Assembly, let's get our facts straight. There are three bills here that are about mayoral control. Not about sales tax. Not about other communities," Flanagan said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he, too, would like to see an extension of mayoral control linked to charter schools. He also points out that local tax extenders don't technically need to get done until December.

"Where we are right now is, mayoral control does not have the support it needs to pass. And again, I do support it," Cuomo said. "And sales tax has to be done by the end of year."

Flanagan wants a clean bill, a straight extender for local sales taxes, without any ties to mayoral control.

As for leaving town when the session ends next week, then coming back later in the year to finish up what doesn't get accomplished, it's unclear if that is actually on the table. There is often talk of a special session, but rarely does it actually materialize.