NYC Looks To Lure Disabled Students, and Their Dollars, Back to Public Schools

In the 2019-20 academic year, more than a million students were enrolled in the city’s public schools. This year, the city projects enrollment is fewer than 900,000 pupils.

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Desks are spaced apart ahead of planned in-person learning at an elementary school on March 19, 2021, at Philadelphia. AP/Matt Rourke, file

New York City’s education chief is making a pitch to parents of disabled students who have left the public school system: Give us a second chance.

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