New York City public schools seeing an influx of migrant students will receive an extra $12 million in funding, education officials announced Monday.
will receive an extra $12 million in funding, education officials announced Monday — minutes before a protest over the agency’s handling of the crisis.
Advocates and local pols, including City Council Education Committee Chair Rita Joseph and Comptroller Brad Lander, had been set to call on the DOE to provide more resources for the asylum seekers at the protest, before the boost in funding was announced. Lander also asked for more transparency from the city agency, which doesn’t publicly provide or update a number of asylum-seeking students on a weekly basis or the schools they’re enrolling in across the five boroughs.
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