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    Securing District Funding for Private Education: Legal Steps and Strategies

    Michael Mastrangelo and Gregory Cangiano · March 13, 2025

    This talk walked parents through the legal process of securing school district funding for private education.

    About the Talk

    The speakers covered:

    • the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
    • student and parent rights
    • what counts as a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
    • the steps in the funding process
    • the current policy landscape

    About the Speakers

    Michael Mastrangelo

    Michael Mastrangelo has been with the Law Offices of Neal Rosenberg since 2017. His commitment to education began as a Teach for America corps member in the South Bronx, and he went on to study law to protect access to quality education. He holds degrees from Johns Hopkins (B.A.), Pace University (M.S.) and Brooklyn Law School (J.D.).

    As an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Children's Law Center, he advised families on special education rights and represented them in family court. He later served as a staff attorney for the New York City Department of Education, and he now teaches as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School.

    Gregory Cangiano

    Gregory Cangiano was inspired to pursue special education law by his mother, a guidance counselor devoted to children with special needs. He earned his bachelor's degree from SUNY Binghamton and graduated with honors from Touro Law School in 2006, after interning at Skyer Law and doing pro bono work with the Long Island Advocacy Center.

    He has worked at Skyer Law since 2006 and became a partner in 2015. He has extensive litigation experience in special education law and regularly takes part in IEP review meetings across New York City, Nassau, and Westchester.

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