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June 20, 2006
State won't stop funding shock therapy school
The state won't stop funding a school for disabled youths despite reports of "skin shocks" that sometimes injured students for minor offenses including sloppy appearance.
The decision means the state won't interrupt the $50 million a year in funding it provides to the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Mass., until its review is complete. The school cares for about 150 autistic and disabled children from New York.
But the state did take a step toward ending at least some shock treatments of New Yorkers at the school.
Posted by Michelle at June 20, 2006 07:09 PM