One in four students with disabilities is not receiving any or all services, according to data the New York City Department of Education (DOE) has provided to the City Council.
The reality is that tuition reimbursement is just one thing that parents are able to do in order to protect their children's rights to a free and appropriate public education.
Read MoreAnother day, another Freedom of Information Act disclosure at the New York City Department of Education (DOE). This one was a bombshell: In July, after the school year had ended, independent hearing officers at the DOE had case loads ranging from 70 to 722. So the evidence shows that they are overworked — but they’re not handling it the way you or I have to handle being overworked.
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