Policy Resources - Advocates for Children of New York

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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

School bus on a busy Manhattan street. (Photo by Gela Delrose via Pexels)

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AFC Writes Chancellor Carranza Regarding Busing Problems

AFC sent a letter to Chancellor Carranza regarding start-of-school problems with busing. The letter shared a number of cases that are illustrative of what families, especially families of students with disabilities, routinely experience.

Sep 27, 2018

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AFC Testifies on School Emergency Preparedness and Safety

AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Education regarding a proposal to establish a school emergency preparedness task force and a resolution calling for one guidance counselor and social worker for every 250 students and at least one guidance counselor and social worker per school.

Sep 20, 2018

Side view portrait of smiling Black woman using a wheelchair. (Photo by Seventyfour, Adobe Stock)

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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

Boy with with cerebral palsy in special chair playing with a textured ball. (Photo by irissca, Adobe Stock)

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Comentarios de la AFC sobre las regulaciones del programa estatal de intervención temprana

AFC submitted comments in response to the New York State Department of Health’s proposed changes to the state Early Intervention Program regulations.

31 de agosto de 2018

Students raising their hands in a classroom. (Photo by RDNE Stock project via Pexels)

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AFC Comments on the Implementation of New York’s Approved ESSA Plan

Advocates for Children of New York submitted comments to the New York State Education Department on proposed amendments to the regulations regarding New York’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability system. Our comments discuss the proposed definition of “out-of-school suspension rate” as well as the State’s method for calculating chronic absenteeism.

Aug 17, 2018

Teen girl with rainbow-colored hair squats in the corner of a classroom, looking at the floor. (Photo by RDNE Stock Project via Pexels)

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AFC Comments on Proposed Amendments to Regulations about the Dignity for All Students Act

AFC submitted comments to the New York State Education Department in support of proposed amendments to regulations regarding the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA). We appreciate NYSED’s efforts to clarify that DASA protects all aspects of gender identity and expression and provide suggestions for further clarifying and strengthening the language.

Jul 21, 2018

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AFC testifica sobre programas de educación infantil

AFC testificó ante el Comité de Educación y el Comité de Bienestar General del Concejo Municipal sobre cómo 3-K, Pre-K y EarlyLearn pueden servir mejor a los estudiantes sin hogar, a los que aprenden en dos idiomas y a los estudiantes con discapacidades.

27 de junio de 2018

Testimonio y comentario público

AFC & the ARISE Coalition Testify on the New York City FY 2019 Executive Budget

24 de mayo de 2018

Young girl wearing glasses and a brown dress and using a walker. (Photo by Ortopediatri Çocuk Ortopedi Akademisi on Unsplash)

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AFC, miembros de la Coalición ARISE y PIE piden mayor financiación para la accesibilidad escolar en el presupuesto de la ciudad de 2019

Los miembros de la Coalición ARISE, coordinada por AFC, y Padres por una Educación Inclusiva (PIE) escribieron al alcalde de Blasio y al Concejo Municipal de Nueva York, instándolos a garantizar que el presupuesto final para el año fiscal 2019 incluya la recomendación del Concejo Municipal de un presupuesto adicional. $125 millones para proyectos de accesibilidad escolar.

15 de mayo de 2018

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