The leader of the state Assembly on Wednesday signaled a slow walk for Mayor de Blasio’s controversial plan to scrap the admission test for the city’s top high schools.

In a statement, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx) called the Education Committee’s narrow approval of enabling legislation “a first step in addressing this issue.”

“I will be having conversations with Assembly members and various stakeholders to determine how to proceed in order to best serve New York City’s school children,” said Heastie, who graduated from the city’s elite Brooklyn Technical High School.

“The Assembly Majority will work deliberatively, speaking with all the affected communities, so that together we can find a resolution that benefits all of New York City’s students.”

Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz (D-The Bronx), a close ally, said it was telling that Heastie wasn’t voicing support for the measure.

“He likes there to be a consensus. There is no consensus among Democrats on this bill. It’s divisive,” he said.

“If this bill hit the floor, there would be many Democrats in the Assembly who would vote against it.”

Dinowitz, who graduated from the elite Bronx High School of Science and opposes de Blasio’s plan, also questioned why the bill was even under consideration, saying: “No one believes the [Republican-controlled] Senate will pass it.”