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This January 2022 data brief found that preschool students with disabilities are being underserved by 3-K and Pre-K for All and are being denied access to special education programs and services to which they have a legal right—with disparities based on race, school district, housing status, and language of instruction.

Midsection of a young girl playing with educational toys. (Photo by Yan Krukau from Pexels)
Photo by Yan Krukau from Pexels
Four pie charts showing the breakdown of services recommended for NYC preschoolers with disabilities in 2019-20, by student race. 47% of Asian students, 54% of Black students, and 51% of Latinx students had IEP recommending a self-contained special class, compared to 30% of White students. White children were recommended for special education itinerant teacher (SEIT) services at three times the rate of Latinx preschoolers and more than twice the rate of Black preschoolers.

"Families who are able to navigate the preschool special education process speak proudly of the progress they see their children make after receiving services. Unfortunately, in our experience, parents of preschoolers with disabilities run into roadblocks and delays at every turn.”

Betty Baez Melo, Director of AFC’s Early Childhood Education Project

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