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Recursos de políticas

AFC trabaja para cambiar la política educativa para que el sistema de escuelas públicas sirva todo niños de manera efectiva. Publicamos informes de políticas y análisis de datos, testificamos a nivel municipal y estatal, hablamos en la prensa para llamar la atención sobre los desafíos que enfrentan los estudiantes y las familias a las que servimos, y nos unimos a otros defensores, padres, jóvenes y educadores para pedir cambiar.

More than 115 Organizations Call for Changes to New York State’s School Funding Formula
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    • 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 More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those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.
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    AFC Comments on Graduation Participation for Students with Disabilities Receiving Non-Diploma Credentials
    Two teenagers walk up the steps of a school, arms around one another. (Image by Freepik)
  • Testimonio y comentario público
    • AFC Comments on Graduation Participation for Students with Disabilities Receiving Non-Diploma Credentials

    AFC submitted public comment to the New York State Education Department on a proposed amendment to the regulation about the right of students with disabilities receiving SACC and CDOS credentials to participate in graduation ceremonies and activities. We urged NYSED to require schools to inform families that these students have the right to stay in school through age 21 or until they earn a diploma, regardless of their participation in graduation activities.

    Dec 3, 2018

    AFC Testifies on Busing for Students with Disabilities
    New York City City Hall Building
  • Testimonio y comentario público
    • AFC Testifies on Busing for Students with Disabilities

    AFC testified before the New York City Council Committees on Education, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, and Transportation about the City’s Preparation for and Response to Winter Storm Avery. Our testimony focused on the experiences of students with disabilities on school buses during the snowstorm and the importance of passing legislation to provide parents with access to real-time GPS data for their children’s school buses.

    Nov 29, 2018

    AFC Testifies on School Transportation
    New York City City Hall Building
  • Testimonio y comentario público
    • AFC Testifies on School Transportation

    Advocates for Children testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the importance of improving the school transportation system, especially for students with disabilities, students in foster care, and students in temporary housing, and in support of a bill to provide real-time GPS bus location data to parents.

    Oct 16, 2018

    Acceso denegado: accesibilidad escolar en la ciudad de Nueva York
  • Informe de política
    • Acceso denegado: accesibilidad escolar en la ciudad de Nueva York

    Este resumen de datos de octubre de 2018 revela que menos de una de cada cinco escuelas de la ciudad está clasificada por el DOE como “totalmente accesible”. El informe insta a la ciudad a utilizar el próximo plan capital para alcanzar una meta ambiciosa y alcanzable: hacer que un tercio de todas las escuelas sean totalmente accesibles para 2024.

    10 de octubre de 2018

    La Coalición ARISE y PIE convocan a inversiones en accesibilidad escolar en el Plan Capital para el año fiscal 2020-2024
    Side view portrait of smiling Black woman using a wheelchair. (Photo by Seventyfour, Adobe Stock)
  • Testimonio y comentario público
    • La Coalición ARISE y PIE convocan a inversiones en accesibilidad escolar en el Plan Capital para el año fiscal 2020-2024

    Los miembros de la Coalición ARISE (coordinada por AFC) y Padres por una Educación Inclusiva (PIE) enviaron una carta al alcalde Bill de Blasio pidiendo que la ciudad incluya una inversión importante en el Plan Capital Quinquenal de la Autoridad de Construcción Escolar para el año fiscal 2020-2024. hacer que al menos un tercio de las escuelas sean accesibles para estudiantes, padres y maestros con discapacidades físicas.

    12 de septiembre de 2018

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