Q&A
Cost estimate for providing related services directly
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Council Member Rita Joseph asked for an estimate of what it would cost for New York City public schools to provide related services in general and integrated classes directly. Jessica Wallenstein from the DOE provided the following information:
- To fully staff all DOE integrated classes with related service providers, they estimate needing 246 more related service providers
- Wallenstein was unable to provide specific cost estimates, citing the ongoing budgeting process
Rita Joseph expressed frustration with the lack of specific numbers, emphasizing the need for concrete financial information. The DOE representative maintained that they are not able to discuss cost estimates in this forum while the budgeting process is ongoing.
Rita Joseph
2:48:26
See, now I'm not the only one who like numbers.
2:48:28
So my colleague, council member Ressler, is also asking these kind of questions too.
2:48:33
So since you don't have a fair number, what is an estimate of what it would cost for New York City public schools to provide related services in general and integrated classes directly?
Jessica Wallenstein
2:48:45
So, if we wanted to fully staff all of the DOE integrated classes with related service providers, we think we'd need 246 more related service providers.
Rita Joseph
2:48:58
And how much would that cost us?
2:49:00
The we can Y'all gotta come with numbers.
Jessica Wallenstein
2:49:03
We're we're not able to talk
Rita Joseph
2:49:04
about We're educators.
2:49:05
I need numbers.
Jessica Wallenstein
2:49:06
We're not able to talk about the the cost estimates, in this forum as we're going through the budgeting process.
Rita Joseph
2:49:17
So there was, okay.
2:49:20
This is from council member wrestler.