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Three years ago, a Manhattan federal judge ordered the city to take dozens of steps to speed up students’ access to special education services after families win legal orders requiring them. But it has been surprisingly difficult to figure out whether the city has actually made the process faster.

New audits offer some clues: The city is meeting legal deadlines in more cases but is still out of compliance in the vast majority of them. Those delays can hamper students’ access to everything from speech therapy and transportation to private school tuition payments. Read more in today’s top story.

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NYC is acting faster on special education legal orders but still misses most deadlines

Families are getting services and payments faster after winning special education cases, but NYC still fails to meet legal timelines in most cases.

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