NYC is ‘blackmailing’ parents trying to get special ed services for their kids, critics say
Story by Deirdre Bardolf, Susan Edelman • 18h
The city strong-armed parents of special education students into signing away their right to sue for critical resources for their kids — a move critics ripped as “heartless” and “blackmail.”
In August, about 3,000 families of private and homeschooled kids in need of special-education services found out they were being denied resources because a form wasn’t received by a newly enforced deadline.
After widespread outrage, the city Department of Education said it would help families who missed the deadline restart their Individualized Education Services Programs (IESPs), which provide services such as physical and occupational therapy outside of public schools.
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