After a hard of hearing special education student first came forward about receiving a diploma from Leigh High School in San Jose, Calif. even though he only reads at a grade school level, three more students in his program are speaking up.

They told NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit they are being passed through high school by the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE), which runs the South Bay Deaf and Hard of Hearing program , while still struggling with basic reading and math.

Twins Leah and Mina Poritz said their class of students had a substitute teacher for two years, and they could not learn from him because he did not know sign language.

“Having no teacher is like no support, no education,” Leah said.

With the substitute she said she was often forced to interpret, an

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