For many years, the DOE and the UFT have disagreed about how assignments are made for special education classes, particularly ICT and SETSS.  This situation was brought into focus recently when the UFT and the DOE put out differing guidance on the preference sheet process. 

In an attempt to resolve these issues, the DOE and UFT reached the following agreement in early May 2020:

Special education teachers will be able to express a preference for SETSS and ICT positions.  General education teachers will be able to express a preference for ICT classes.  There will no longer be a posting for the general ed or special ed ICT position or for the SETSS position. 

Additionally, the UFT and the DOE have agreed that the number of partners an ICT teacher can be assigned should be kept to the minimum number administratively possible.

Schools that have already used a posting for one of these positions this year do not need to start the process over.