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Senators press nominee Rivera on class-size caps and compensating missed special-education therapies
Summary
During the confirmation hearing, Sen. María Lourdes Santiago urged Magali Rivera Rivera to lower class caps and address a backlog of therapies lost during the pandemic; Rivera pledged to reevaluate circulars and "compensar" missed services if confirmed.
Senadora María Lourdes Santiago used her turn on May 17 to press the nominee for the Department of Education on classroom caps and the backlog in special-education services created during the pandemic.
Santiago noted what she described as a maximum of 30 students per classroom and argued that, with an allegedly high share of students receiving special-education services, that cap makes individualized…
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