Q&A
Analysis of due process cases in special education
2:03:51
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Council Member Dinowitz inquires about the analysis of due process cases, focusing on age groups and disability classifications most prevalent in these lawsuits. DOE officials provide insights into the patterns they've observed.
- Younger students, particularly around kindergarten age (5 years old), are most commonly involved in due process cases
- The most prevalent disability classifications in these cases are dyslexia (learning disability) and autism
- DOE has hired 20 special education teachers to address issues related to due process cases, but their deployment is focused on private and religious schools rather than directly addressing the most common case types
Eric Dinowitz
2:03:51
That would be delightful.
2:03:52
And, lastly, the the due process cases, let's call them that, what analysis you mentioned you hired 20 special education teachers to address this.
2:04:05
What analysis has the DOE done in terms of at in terms of age and disability classification to ask at what age are you seeing most kids when they sue when their parents sue the city, and what is the disability classification that you see most prevalent in these lawsuits?
2:04:23
And subsequent to that, how are you utilizing these special education teachers or building programs to specifically address those age groups, and those disability classifications?
Christina Foti
2:04:34
So it's our our younger students.
2:04:37
Most of them have not ever attended, so kindergarten, age 5.
2:04:40
Dyslexia, dyslexia, aka learning disability, and autism are our biggest classifications.
Eric Dinowitz
2:04:50
And are so these 20 special education students, my assumption, special ed teachers pardon me.
2:04:56
My assumption would be that given that this is the most prevalent age group and classification, that those special educations are particularly trained to not only provide the education, but to support other teachers, ideally to, you know, mitigate or avoid lawsuits in the first place.
2:05:15
So,