Students with disabilities
The legal challenge puts Mayor Zohran Mamdani in an awkward position because he supported similar legislation on the campaign trail.
New audits show improvement since a federal judge ordered reforms three years ago. But most services and payments still aren’t delivered on time.
NYC public schools will adopt systemwide rules and appoint dedicated liaisons to help students missing school due to severe anxiety, depression, or other disabilities.
Mayor Mamdani says the measure violates state labor law, but it passed the City Council with a veto-proof majority.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a plan to expand popular special education programs into preschool classrooms as the city tries to address a longstanding shortage of seats for young children with disabilities.
The mayor and the Council speaker say they both support boosting the pay of Education Department paraprofessionals, but the current effort might violate state law.
To wrap up P.S. Weekly’s season, student reporters look back on their hard-hitting journalism during a live-recorded event at the Brooklyn Public Library.
White students receive a disproportionate share of special education tuition payments even though the vast majority of students with disabilities are Black or Latino.
Graduation rates fell in New York City and statewide for the Class of 2025 as pandemic-era exemptions to graduation requirements have phased out.
The bills come after a Chalkbeat investigation found that NYC schools routinely ignore rules that are supposed to protect students with disabilities from lengthy suspensions.
Students in juvenile detention often don’t receive required special education support and struggle to reengage with school when they’re released.
Nearly all of the city’s eighth graders who took the Specialized High School Admissions Test this week had no issues with the new computerized format.
Lawmakers, advocates, and city officials immediately condemned the bus companies’ threat.
The Mamdani campaign pledged to focus on NYC’s vulnerable students in response to a Chalkbeat questionnaire. Cuomo and Sliwa did not respond.
Of the 51 steps outlined in the 2023 court order, education officials have only implemented 21 of them.
Columbia Secondary is reeling from an exodus of teachers and student-led protests. The turmoil comes as a new principal has shifted the school’s culture and curriculum.
Under federal law, schools are not allowed to suspend students for long stretches if the behavior in question is linked to their disability. A Chalkbeat investigation found schools have been breaking the rules for years.
Recent threats of federal spending cuts and department shutdowns could mean billions in lost funds for NYC schools.
New York City this year launched a network of disability pride clubs. Of the 90 schools that have such clubs, Stuyvesant High School’s is the largest.
The lawsuit claimed that some families were unable to access communications about bullying, lead contamination, special education services, and even serious medical conditions.