Treyger demands DOE hire special education ‘czar’
Special education students are in danger of getting lost in the shuffle in the massive New York City public school system, according to a Brooklyn lawmaker who is demanding that a point person be hired to oversee the implementation of services to children with special needs.
Councilmember Mark Treyger, a Democrat whose district includes Coney Island, Gravesend and parts of Bensonhurst, said he will introduce a resolution in the City Council on Feb. 13 calling on the Department of Education (DOE) to appoint a special education “czar” to ensure that students with disabilities receive all of the services to which they are entitled.
“We need a point person at the DOE to make sure these children are getting the services they need and to make sure parents are being made aware of the services their children should be getting,” Treyger told this newspaper on Feb. 11.