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From http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/nyregion/21schools.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

City to Give 20 Small Special Education Schools Extra Funds

By ELISSA GOOTMAN
February 21, 2007

The New York City Department of Education, faced with criticism that special education students and those who are not proficient in English are being shut out of many small middle and high schools, announced yesterday that 20 schools set to open in September would receive extra money to serve those students.

The creation of small schools is a cornerstone of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s efforts to overhaul the city education system. But because the schools have been opening with about only 100 students and five or six teachers, the department has allowed them to limit their student bodies during the first two years of operation.

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