私立学校学费报销支出已飙升至超过10亿美元，暴露出公立学校体系的漏洞以及谁能够顺利办理该流程的差距。
Private school tuition reimbursement spending has soared past $1 billion, exposing gaps in the public school system and disparities in who can navigate the process.
纽约市每年在私立学校学费、相关服务及其他特殊教育需求学生费用上支出超过10亿美元，而与此同时，市政府正面临长期预算赤字，危及市长佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）宏大的议程。
New York City is spending more than $1 billion each year on private school tuition, related services and other costs for students with special education needs at a time when it faces chronic budget deficits that are imperiling Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ambitious agenda.
马姆达尼现在押注，提升系统提供这些服务的能力最终可以削减这些支出。
Now, Mamdani is betting that increasing the system’s capacity to provide those services can eventually curb those payouts.
他的政府正在扩大专项项目，增派人员以缩短评估延误，并投资学前特殊教育。市府辩称，公立学校体系更强大将意味着更少家庭需要转向私立学校和诉讼。马姆达尼预计，通过减少此类案件的支出并改变管理方式，可每年节省约1.49亿美元。
His administration is expanding specialized programs, adding staff to reduce evaluation delays and investing in preschool special education. The city is arguing that a stronger public school system will mean fewer families need to turn to private schools and litigation. Mamdani has projected $149 million in annual savings from reducing spending on those cases and changing how they are managed.
对程序正当性（due process）诉求的支出——通常称为卡特案（Carter cases），即为残障学生的私立学校学费报销——从2005年的4700万美元激增至2016财年的3.12亿美元，随后在去年突破10亿美元。程序正当性案件由公立和非公立学生提起，旨在寻求校外资金支持。该资金可用于学费、教育服务、交通或法律服务。
Spending on due process claims, commonly referred to as Carter cases — private school tuition reimbursement for students with disabilities — skyrocketed from $47 million in 2005 to $312 million in fiscal year 2016, before surpassing $1 billion last year. Due process cases are filed by public and nonpublic students seeking funding outside of the public school system. The funding can cover tuition, educational services, transportation or legal services.