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Deputy Chancellor addresses special education services and preschool availability
1:14:01
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Deputy Chancellor Christina Foti responds to Council member Brooks-Powers' questions about special education services and preschool seat availability. She highlights the progress made in expanding preschool special education seats and outlines strategies to address any missed services.
- Every preschooler in need of a special education seat is expected to have one in the upcoming year
- Over 1,700 preschool special education seats have been added since the current administration took office
- $55 million has been baselined for preschool special education
- Strategies to make up for missed services include weekend academies, sensory gyms, and new related service contracts
- The DOE commits to providing district-specific data to the Council member
Christina Foti
1:14:01
And I just wanted to finish with the special education questions.
1:14:04
So we will disaggregate the enrollment data based on your district and are happy to do that across the board council member.
1:14:13
As I said earlier, we do expect every preschooler in need of a special education seat to have one in the upcoming year just as they had one this school year.
1:14:22
Just to continuously point out, preschool special education when at its inception Pre K for All did not consider a fully structured funding system for Pre K for All in terms of special education.
1:14:40
So this council and this administration has been making up for that.
1:14:47
You all in conjunction with this administration have added over 1,700 preschool special education seats since you've been here.
1:14:54
It's pretty remarkable, and I want to thank you for that.
1:14:56
And again, thank you for baselining the 55,000,000.
1:15:00
In terms of services, any services missed by preschoolers, we're working diligently to make up for those services via weekend academies, our sensory gyms, a new related service contract, as well as offering preschoolers related service sites for services.
1:15:19
But we will continue to press on this and are happy to give you the data for your district.