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Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf has filed a lawsuit against the state Education Department and state Division of Budget, alleging that unlawful and unfair distribution of state funding has shortchanged its students.
Educators at the specialized school are seeking changes in the funding formula, saying the school received about $600,000 less than it should have over the past three years even as its enrollment grew.
The suit challenges the way the Education Department allocated $6.9 million in additional funding appropriated this year to educational institutions in the 4201 Schools Association of New York State. It was filed...