Laura
04-25-2007, 03:56 AM
A federal judge in Brooklyn approved Tuesday the settlement of a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of hundreds of disabled children. ...The settlement creates more classroom slots for the children and the DOE will use an internal monitoring system to make sure kids get in the classes quickly.
The children, between ages 3 and 5, were on waiting lists to get into special education classes in city schools.
Some of the children spent months or years waiting to get in the classes which provide speech, physical or occupational therapy. ...In a statement the city says, “The DOE was providing services in a timely manner to 97 percent of disabled pre-school-age children when this lawsuit was filed. We were already implementing nearly every procedure in the settlement a year or more ago, as we worked to meet the needs of every disabled student. We have increased the number of pre-school students receiving special education services in the past year by 6 percent, while the number of students on the wait list has decreased by 60 percent."
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=4&aid=69063
The children, between ages 3 and 5, were on waiting lists to get into special education classes in city schools.
Some of the children spent months or years waiting to get in the classes which provide speech, physical or occupational therapy. ...In a statement the city says, “The DOE was providing services in a timely manner to 97 percent of disabled pre-school-age children when this lawsuit was filed. We were already implementing nearly every procedure in the settlement a year or more ago, as we worked to meet the needs of every disabled student. We have increased the number of pre-school students receiving special education services in the past year by 6 percent, while the number of students on the wait list has decreased by 60 percent."
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=4&aid=69063