Q&A
Concerns about recommending students with emotional disabilities for D75 placements
1:12:16
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Council Member Rita Joseph raises concerns about the New York City Public Schools' practice of recommending students with emotional disabilities for District 75 placements when schools are unable to meet students' behavioral needs. She inquires about the systems in place to ensure students' behavioral and social-emotional needs are being met in public schools prior to referrals to D75 schools.
- References a 2022 New York Daily News report on this practice
- Highlights poor outcomes for students with primarily emotional disabilities placed in D75
- Asks about existing systems to address behavioral and social-emotional needs before D75 referrals
Rita Joseph
1:12:16
Thank you council member.
1:12:17
I want to stay on that same line of questioning around students' behaviors and challenges.
1:12:23
In 2022, the New York Daily News reported on New York City Public Schools practice of recommending students with emotional disabilities for d 75 placements when schools are unable to meet students' behavioral needs, and the poor outcome that occurs when students with primarily emotional disabilities are placed in d 75?
1:12:40
What systems are in place to ensure that students' behavioral and social emotional needs are being met in New York City public schools prior to referrals into d 75 schools?