07.01.2021 | amNY | “We appreciate that the budget includes a new investment in preschool special education,” said Kim Sweet, executive director of Advocates for Children of New York. “But, with 1,200 children waiting for seats in legally mandated preschool special education classes as of the end of the last school year, we are disappointed that the budget does not include funding to address the shortage of preschool special education classes until Fiscal Year 23 and does not extend salary parity to teachers of preschool special education classes even in FY 23. 3-K and pre-K will never be “for all” until the city addresses the shortage of preschool special education classes.” 阅读文章