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NYC Not Providing School Buses For Disabled Children, School Administrators Say.
New York Post (9/18, Hogan) reported “hundreds of blind, deaf and disabled children attending independently run special education schools in New York City...have been denied bus transportation by the Department of Education.” According to school administrators, state policy “mandates local school districts provide busing to kids outside the public school system, but since early September the city Office for Pupil Transportation (OPT) has been dragging its feet with little explanation.” However, DOE spokeswoman Danielle Filson said “service will begin on September 21, and we’ve distributed MetroCards to ensure all students have a free public transportation option in the interim, and will have a reimbursement program available in certain