More than 5,500 migrant children have enrolled in NYC schools, prompting officials to create 'borough response teams.'
NYC Comptroller estimates the DOE needs at least $34 million in funding to pay for newly enrolled migrant studentsMore than 5,500 migrant children have enrolled in NYC schools, prompting DOE officials to create "borough response teams."Thousands of children make up the asylum seekers going through processing in NYC and that means the Department of Education has a huge task on its hands to try to get the kids acclimated in school.
Schools Chancellor David Banks announced the teams Tuesday, consisting of volunteers who will provide support to new students. "We are expanding beyond the program that we already had a place for English language learners, to put more Transitional Bilingual programs at schools that are seeing an influx of new students," Banks said. "And we are quickly providing more funding to allow schools to staff up. Beyond academics, we are supporting our students' mental health needs.
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