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  • 1 hour of instruction a day: NYC parents grapple with limited learning for medically fragile students

    Oct 1, 2021

    10.01.2021 | Chalkbeat NY | The program only guarantees five hours a week of instruction for elementary school students and 10 hours a week for middle and high schoolers, minimums that are set by state regulations. And while hundreds of families have applied for the program despite the limited hours, some are still waiting for instruction to begin weeks after the school year started as their applications are processed… “I think there’s a lot of interest and a lot of suspicion at the same time,” said Maggie Moroff, a special education policy expert at Advocates for Children, referring to the limited hours of instruction. Read article

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