New York has paid companies millions of dollars to help children with disabilities in religious schools. But the services are not always needed or even provided.
Tag: Hasidism
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Why Some Hasidic Children Can’t Leave Failing Schools
Parents who try to withdraw their children from yeshivas over a lack of secular education often cannot do so, hampered by social pressure and a rabbinical court system.
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Hasidic School to Pay $8 Million After Admitting to Federal Fraud
The Central United Talmudical Academy, which operates the largest all-boys yeshiva in New York State, acknowledged illegally diverting money from federal food aid and other programs.
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Hasidic School Is Breaking State Education Law, N.Y. Official Rules
Issued amid a lawsuit brought by a parent who left the community, the determination could pose a significant challenge to Hasidic Jewish schools.
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Zeldin Has a Path to Becoming Governor. It Runs Through Brooklyn.
Representative Lee Zeldin, a Republican candidate for governor, is hoping for a realignment of political loyalties in parts of the borough, including those of Hasidic Jews.