The Department of Education released a report citing a shortage of bilingual Special Education Teachers as a main reason why students did not receive required services such as counseling and speech therapy. But according to the United Federation of Teachers, the DOE’s problem isn’t finding suitable Teachers—it’s keeping them.
In the 2016-2017 school year, 27 percent of special-needs students, or 48,000, received only some of the services mandated by their Individualized Education Program, according to the DOE. That number is down from a year ago, when 41 percent of students with disabilities got some or none of the counseling, occupational therapy and speech therapy they needed.
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