The mother was not told of the results despite the fact that a positive result in the baby indicated that the mother was HIV positive, whether or not the infection persisted in the newborn. On 26 June 1996 Governor Pataki signed a bill requiring that parents be informed if an HIV test on a newborn is positive. For the first time since the beginning of talk about pr ivately-managed public schools, some promising results are available. From all accounts, the past year has been a success. Each family has received a computer, the school day is an hour and a half longer, and the school year is 20 days longer.
Students spend an hour and a half on reading every day.
Tutors, many of them parents, give extra help to students. The other schools also have waiting lists, and the company is expanding to 12 schools next year.