Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Boston was disqualified from the contest because many of the votes were from Internet pranksters who thought it would be funny for a school for the deaf to win tickets to a live concert. 

The Boston Globe reports that instead, Swift and contest sponsors will donate a combined $50,000 to the school, and VH1's Save the Music program will donate $10,000 in musical instruments. 

Swift says every student at the school will receive a ticket to her next local concert. 

Principal Jeremiah Ford tells the newspaper: "Are we the winner? Absolutely." 

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