The head of the nation’s largest school system has been invited to testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

But maybe invited isn’t the right word.

“It’s interesting, the letter says it’s an invitation at the top and on the bottom it says under the threat of subpoena,” Schools Chancellor David Banks told reporters Thursday. “So I guess you could still call it an invitation. It all depends on how you interpret it. Either way, I’ll be there.”

The committee called Banks to testify about antisemitism on May 8.

He says two other school districts, which he declined to name, will also be there.

“We are a very large system and this is an emotionally fraught issue, the issue of hate and violence is something we ought to be concerned about, absolutely, as a nation. And what has happened — I believe antisemitism is the number one hate issue in the nation. We have to address that, and we are doing our best to meet the moment here in New York City and in our schools,” Banks said.

Last November, students at Banks’ alma mater Hillcrest High School disrupted the school day calling for the removal of a Jewish teacher at the school for her support of Israel.

In January, he outlined plans to combat both antisemitism and Islamophobia in schools, in part with more training for educators on how to discuss these topics with students.

“What’s happening, particularly in Gaza right now, and in the Middle East is happening in real time and people are watching it every day, and it evokes all kinds of emotion in kids and also in adults. And we’ve gotta to manage all of that in a system this large. It is not easy to do,” Banks said.

But Banks says he believes he and his team are doing the right things to lead the system through it, and said he was more than willing to discuss that in D.C.

The committee has previously grilled university presidents on the same subject — hearings that ultimately led to the resignations of the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.