Statement on NYC SDAG Report
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Position Statement in Response to New York City’s SDAG Report

Central New York Gifted Youth is proud to support the following position statement in response to proposed changes to gifted and talented programs in New York City. New York City is our state’s largest school district, and the proposed changes, if implemented, could set a worrying precedent for the rest of the state and even nationwide.

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Which New York State School Districts have Gifted and Talented Programs?

If you live in a New York State school district that offers gifted education, consider yourself fortunate. Based on survey data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection, just 127 of New York’s 950 school districts (roughly 13 percent) reported offering gifted and talented programming in 2015, the most recent survey year.