The 2010-2011 academic school year might see a drastic reduction in Nassau BOCES programs, officials say.

In this uncertain economy, the Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) is seeing an uneven trend in the number of children who are coming into their programs. As the 2009- 2010 school year draws to a close, school districts in Nassau County face difficult times with low budget increases and massive cuts to their state funding, most schools are scrambling to find ways just to keep afloat. Some have resorted to cutting programs that they can no longer afford like BOCES.

In 2000, Kelly McTigue was walking her dog across the street. She and her dog were hit by a car, but the dog took the brunt of the damage. When she wanted to press charges on the driver, she was told that she could not. All she could do was file for property damage, because her dog was treated the same as inanimate property.