AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2020–2021 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to fully fund Foundation Aid; increase investments in targeted areas such as preschool special education programs, support for Multilingual Learners, and positive approaches to discipline; and reject the harmful special education waiver proposal.
موارد السياسة
تعمل AFC على تغيير سياسة التعليم بحيث يخدم نظام المدارس العامة الجميع الأطفال بشكل فعال. ننشر تقارير السياسات وتحليلات البيانات، ونشهد على مستوى المدينة والولاية، ونتحدث علنًا في الصحافة لجذب الانتباه إلى التحديات التي تواجه الطلاب والأسر التي نخدمها، وننضم إلى المدافعين الآخرين وأولياء الأمور والشباب والمعلمين للدعوة إلى يتغير.
More than 115 Organizations Call for Changes to New York State’s School Funding Formula
Every child in New York State has the right to a sound, basic education—and providing such an education requires adequate and equitable funding. More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those who have the greatest needs.428 Results Found
As a result of years of under-investment by the State in preschool special education programs, New York is falling far short of providing all children with the preschool special education classes they need and have a legal right to receive. This policy brief shows a projected shortfall of more than 1,000 preschool special education class seats for New York City children with disabilities for spring 2020.
أصدر كيم سويت، المدير التنفيذي لمنظمة المدافعين عن أطفال نيويورك (AFC)، البيان التالي ردًا على إصدار وزارة التعليم بولاية نيويورك (NYSED) للتقرير التالي: معدلات التخرج من المدرسة الثانوية لفوج 2015.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Youth Services about access to after-school programming for students with disabilities, students in temporary housing and students in foster care and legislation related to universal after-school programming.
تقرير ديسمبر 2019 هذا، نُشر بالشراكة مع لجنة المواطنين لأطفال نيويورك (CCC)، يبين أن سحب الدولة للاستثمار في برنامج التدخل المبكر في نيويورك قد تسبب في تفاوتات عرقية واجتماعية واقتصادية كبيرة في الوصول إلى الخدمات. يوضح التقرير أن الأطفال دون سن الثالثة الذين يعانون من تأخر أو إعاقات في النمو هم أقل عرضة لتلقي الخدمات الحيوية التي يمكن أن تساعدهم على تحقيق إمكاناتهم الكاملة إذا كانوا يعيشون في أحياء ملونة منخفضة الدخل، ويقدم عددًا من التوصيات إلى نيويورك المدينة وولاية نيويورك من أجل زيادة الوصول إلى خدمات التدخل المبكر.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following response to the release of the New York City Department of Education (DOE)’s suspension data report for the 2018-2019 school year.
Today, Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the New York City Department of Education’s تقرير بيانات التربية الخاصة for the 2018-19 school year.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the New York City Department of Education’s transportation data report for the 2018-19 school year.
The New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students (NYS-TEACHS), a project of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), posted new data showing that the number of students in New York City identified as homeless during the 2018-2019 school year remained stubbornly high, topping 100,000 for the fourth consecutive year.
AFC joined 25 child welfare and education organizations in calling on the City to abide by federal and state law and honor its commitment to guarantee bus service or a comparable mode of transportation to kindergarten through sixth-grade students in foster care. Although the adopted city budget states that the Administration agreed to ensure bus service for students in foster care, the Department of Education is continuing to deny requests for bus service.