Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Special ed programs : Poor ...

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But his success until then underscores how private contractors have
taken advantage of this generously financed but poorly regulated segment
of the special-education system, often called special ed pre-K,
according to an investigation by The Times.?

At Mr. Park?s company, the costs to treat these 3- and 4-year-olds were enormous. The government routinely spent more than $50,000 in a single year on services for one child, according to an analysis of billing records.?

In all, that occurred 281 times from 2005 to 2012, the records show.?

The money went to Mr. Park?s company, Bilingual SEIT, and other providers of related services, including contractors that transported children to his schools.?

In the 2011-12 school year, Bilingual SEIT billed more than $17 million to the city and state, up from $725,000 it had billed a decade earlier.[...]

Yet The Times found that a network of contractors has arisen that routinely bill for questionable services.?

The Times?s investigation drew on interviews with more than 50 former workers at Mr. Park?s company, including teachers, therapists, administrators and clerks. Parents, city and state education officials, state auditors, and executives and workers at other contractors in the industry were also interviewed.?

The bar to entry was low. One preschool contractor had a previous career in Medicare fraud, federal records showed. Another was convicted of weapon possession and workers? compensation fraud.

State and city education officials said The Times?s findings were troubling.[...]

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