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New York City officials are expanding five special education programs into preschool classrooms across 14 districts, adding 250 seats with a $67.5 million investment. The initiative aims to address the city’s failure to provide legal preschool seats for children with disabilities, following prior efforts by former mayor Eric Adams.

New York City is expanding five high-demand special education programs into preschool classrooms for the first time, adding 250 seats across 26 schools with a $67.5 million investment. The initiative aims to address the city's ongoing failure to provide classroom seats for all preschoolers with disabilities, a legal requirement, and aligns with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's push for universal childcare.

City officials announced the expansion of five special education programs (Nest, Horizon, AIMS, Path, and ACES) into pre-K classrooms across 14 school districts in New York City, funded by a $67.5 million investment. The expansion aims to provide students with autism and developmental delays access to inclusive and specialized early childhood education.

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