In 1999-2000, the latest year for which figures are available, national spending on special education reached $50 billion, according to the Center for Special Education Finance, a nonprofit research group. In 2005-06, New York City’s public school system alone spent $390 million on private education for disabled students considered unsuited to public school.

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