Special Education News

This Westchester School for Autistic Children Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight and Students Have Suffered.

May 8, 2024, 6:15 a.m.May 8, 2024, 8:22 a.m.

No state agency has authority over Shrub Oak, one of the country's most expensive therapeutic boarding schools. As a result, parents and staff have nowhere to report bruised students and medication mix-ups.

Public Schools

Adams’ Budget Cuts Hamper Compliance with Special Education Court Order

Dec. 13, 2023, 8:10 p.m.Dec. 15, 2023, 9:09 a.m.

At least five of 10 changes the city is required to make by January are not likely to be completed on time, according to a court-appointed monitor.

Education

NYC Created a Massive After-School Program to Help All Students With Disabilities Catch Up After COVID Disruptions. Most Never Showed Up.

April 7, 2022, 6:45 a.m.April 6, 2022, 6:33 p.m.

Just over one-third of eligible students are expected to get extra tutoring and services — with many sitting out because of transportation problems, too-long school days or schools phasing out sessions.

Education

Pre-K for All? NYC’s Universal Preschool Push Leaves Students With Disabilities Behind

Jan. 20, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 19, 2022, 9:50 p.m.

The city’s preschool programming has poorly served many students with disabilities, according to an analysis of 2019-2020 city data released Thursday by Advocates for Children.

Special Education

Special Education Tuition Hearings Shift to NYC Trials Agency in Push to Tackle Case Backlog

Dec. 22, 2021, 7:28 p.m.Dec. 22, 2021, 7:28 p.m.

De Blasio moves the long-troubled complaint system with more than 16,000 open cases to the Office of istrative Trials and Hearings with a mandate to clear the docket within two years.

Special Education

NYC Expands Translation of Special Ed Plans for Parents Who Request Them

Dec. 1, 2021, 6:48 p.m.Feb. 28, 2022, 1:11 p.m.

About 78,000 students with disabilities live in homes where English is not the primary language, according to city officials. Last school year, just over 7,000 individualized education programs were translated, the first year the process was available citywide.

Special Education

NYC Special Education Complaint Backlog Grows — Even as Some Hearing Officers Twiddle Thumbs

Nov. 15, 2021, 8:08 p.m.May 30, 2024, 1:28 p.m.

State officials demand action as 9,400 cases remain unresolved while 30% of available hearing officers have no cases. Meanwhile, New York City children with disabilities go without crucial services amid the pandemic.

Education

NYC Delays its Massive Academic Recovery Program for Students with Disabilities

Nov. 9, 2021, 6:00 p.m.Nov. 9, 2021, 6:13 p.m.

The nearly quarter billion-dollar effort to help special education students catch-up after more than 1 ½ years of pandemic disruptions gets pushed off to December — taking parents by surprise and causing added turmoil well into the 2021-2022 school year.

Schools

Eric Adams Faces a Schooling on Major New York City Education Issues

July 7, 2021, 11:28 a.m.May 30, 2024, 1:44 p.m.

Will the presumed next mayor be friendly to charter schools? How will he get along with educator unions that didn’t endorse him? How will he tackle integration? Here’s a look at how it could all shake out.

Schools

Parents of Special Education Students Say the DOE Isn’t Sharing Meaningful Data. So They’re Collecting It Themselves

April 8, 2021, 6:53 p.m.April 8, 2021, 8:32 p.m.

A trend of parent-driven surveys has emerged during the pandemic. This has helped fill a gap, say parents who are finding it easier to connect online and share information.

Special Education

This Westchester School for Autistic Children Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight and Students Have Suffered.

Adams’ Budget Cuts Hamper Compliance with Special Education Court Order

NYC Created a Massive After-School Program to Help All Students With Disabilities Catch Up After COVID Disruptions. Most Never Showed Up.

Pre-K for All? NYC’s Universal Preschool Push Leaves Students With Disabilities Behind

Special Education Tuition Hearings Shift to NYC Trials Agency in Push to Tackle Case Backlog

NYC Expands Translation of Special Ed Plans for Parents Who Request Them

NYC Special Education Complaint Backlog Grows — Even as Some Hearing Officers Twiddle Thumbs

NYC Delays its Massive Academic Recovery Program for Students with Disabilities

Eric Adams Faces a Schooling on Major New York City Education Issues

Parents of Special Education Students Say the DOE Isn’t Sharing Meaningful Data. So They’re Collecting It Themselves

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