
AFC submitted comments to the New York State Education Department about the need for urgent action to address systemic delays and barriers in the special education impartial hearing system in New York City.
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.
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AFC submitted comments to the New York State Education Department about the need for urgent action to address systemic delays and barriers in the special education impartial hearing system in New York City.
El alcalde electo Eric Adams asumirá su cargo en un momento en que la pandemia de COVID-19 ha empeorado las desigualdades de larga data en las escuelas de nuestra ciudad. Con base en nuestros 50 años de experiencia práctica ayudando a estudiantes y familias a navegar por el sistema escolar más grande del país y obtener el apoyo que necesitan para aprender, describimos algunos de los desafíos más apremiantes en la educación pública, incluidos aquellos que pre- fecha COVID: donde el alcalde entrante debe estar preparado para centrar la atención, la energía y los recursos.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Education on the continued work needed to strengthen the DOE’s academic recovery plans this year. While we appreciate that the City is using this funding for some important initiatives, we worry there is still inadequate detail about how the funding will be used, inadequate funding for key priorities, and too much discretion and responsibility left to individual schools that already have their hands full reopening schools and keeping school communities safe.
AFC testified before the New York State Senate Education Committee on the DOE’s use of increased state and federal education funding; specifically, how the funding is being used to meet the needs of students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students experiencing homelessness—students who were hit particularly hard by the closure of schools.
AFC joined more than 100 organizations in sending a letter urging the Governor to sign into law A. 8013 (Benedetto) / S. 6516-A (Mannion), a bill passed unanimously by the Senate and Assembly to ensure that preschool special education programs, as well as state-approved non-public schools for school-age students with significant disabilities, receive the same increase in payment rates as school districts.
AFC submitted comments on the DOE’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-710 about Section 504 accommodations for students with disabilities.
AFC submitted public comments to the U.S. Department of Education on the exclusionary, punitive school discipline and police policies and practices faced by New York City public school students, the disproportionate impact these policies and practices have on Black and Brown students and students with disabilities, and promising alternative practices.
AFC se unió a más de 90 organizaciones para pedir al alcalde de Blasio que abordara la escasez de clases de educación especial preescolar y brindara paridad salarial a los maestros de clases de educación especial preescolar en organizaciones comunitarias (CBO) este año.
Advocates for Children of New York issued the following response to the NYC Department of Education’s first release of preschool special education data required pursuant to Local Law 21 of 2020.
Este informe explora datos sobre las respuestas de la policía a más de 12.000 intervenciones de "niños en crisis", donde un estudiante con angustia emocional es retirado de clase y transportado al hospital para una evaluación psicológica. Una parte desproporcionada de estas intervenciones involucró a estudiantes negros, estudiantes que asisten a escuelas del Distrito 75 y estudiantes que asisten a escuelas ubicadas en comunidades de color de bajos ingresos. Hacemos un llamado a la Ciudad para que ponga fin a la criminalización de los estudiantes en crisis emocional eliminando a la policía de las escuelas e invirtiendo en apoyos y servicios de salud mental y conductual.