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Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order allowing necessary in-person special education instruction to take place in New York this summer, provided districts follow state and federal guidelines. This reverses a prior executive order requiring that all instruction must be remote.
NEW: I just issued an Executive Order allowing necessary in-person special education instruction this summer. Any school district providing these services must follow all state and federal guidance. pic.twitter.com/zexmqSat6U
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 5, 2020
How will this impact NYC students in Individualized Education Programs? It's unclear. Currently, the NYC DOE only offers remote instruction, and it hasn't announced if it will adjust its policy to allow in-person visits this summer. Currently, all summer school sessions will be held remotely.
This has been a long, strange school year for NYC students: Regents Exams were canceled, the typical grading policy was changed, school holidays were turned into school days without instruction. More recently, graduation ceremonies in NYC were going to be held online—only for Governor Cuomo to announce smaller-scale graduations could take place outdoors in late June. (Either way, the class of 2020 shouldn't miss Lizzo playing "Pomp and Circumstance" with the New York Philharmonic as her backup band.)
For the latest information about these and other related issues, be sure to check our coverage of NYC Schools and what's to come in September.
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