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Special education funding and due-process rules emerge as flashpoint; advocates press for aid for services to age 22 and litigation protections
Summary
Witnesses at the hearing urged the Legislature to fund state support for education required through age 22, expand aid to specialized nonpublic schools (—8 53), and to restore procedural protections after recent Board of Regents changes prompted lawsuits and emergency court orders. Parents and advocates said
Special education surfaced repeatedly across the hearing, with multiple witnesses asking legislators for greater assurance of funding and for protections for families.
What was raised: The New York State Education Department and advocates discussed the statutory requirement to provide appropriate education services through the school year in which a student turns 22. Advocates said state reimbursements and aid for those services should be clarified and increased; several witnesses asked the Legislature to add a dedicated appropriation for year-22…
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