A special education teacher in Brooklyn accused of kissing a 13-year-old student on the lips was arrested last week.

Police say 41-year-old Michael D'Anna works at P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington in Bay Ridge.

A school worker witnessed D'Anna kissing the student Friday morning in the science lab, the NYPD said.

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He's now facing charges of sexual abuse and acting in a manner injurious to a child. Contact information for the teacher's attorney was not immediately known.

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