{"id":15754,"date":"2026-08-11T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&p=15754"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:12:17","slug":"nyc-misses-legal-deadlines-in-most-special-education-cases-auditors-find","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/zh\/articles\/nyc-misses-legal-deadlines-in-most-special-education-cases-auditors-find\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Misses Legal Deadlines in Most Special-Education Cases, Auditors Find"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15754","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","misc_topic-special-education"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"page","page":{"title":"\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0","url":"https:\/\/www.thecityreporter.nyc\/2026\/08\/11\/nyc-special-education-cases-missed-deadlines\/","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":15755,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"The City Reporter\u00a0<\/b>| New York City has long failed to quickly provide special education services even after families won legal orders for them, generating more than two decades of litigation.\r\n

New data from independent auditors offers good news and bad news: More families are getting services and other payments within court-mandated deadlines \u2014 but the Education Department still blows past the legal timeframes in the vast majority of cases.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThere has been some improvement,\u201d said Rebecca Shore, the litigation director at Advocates for Children, which brought a class action\u00a0lawsuit in 2003<\/a>\u00a0that sparked additional court oversight. At the same time, she said, the city is \u201cnowhere near\u201d full compliance.<\/p>","":null,"settings":""}}],"relationships":{"":null,"article_type":[83],"topics":false,"misc_topics":[198]},"misc":{"search_results":{"":null,"excerpt":"","featured_image":15755}}},"yoast_head":"\nNYC Misses Legal Deadlines in Most Special-Education Cases, Auditors Find - Advocates for Children of New York<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/zh\/articles\/nyc-misses-legal-deadlines-in-most-special-education-cases-auditors-find\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NYC Misses Legal Deadlines in Most Special-Education Cases, Auditors Find - Advocates for Children of New York\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/zh\/articles\/nyc-misses-legal-deadlines-in-most-special-education-cases-auditors-find\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Advocates for Children of New York\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-19T15:12:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/thecityreporter_8192026.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"801\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AFCNewYork\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-misses-legal-deadlines-in-most-special-education-cases-auditors-find\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-misses-legal-deadlines-in-most-special-education-cases-auditors-find\/\",\"name\":\"NYC Misses Legal Deadlines in Most Special-Education Cases, Auditors Find - 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