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AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education regarding our concern about the 800 preschoolers with significant disabilities who were waiting for seats in their legally mandated preschool special education classes as of June 2022.
L'AFC s'efforce de changer la politique éducative afin que le système scolaire public serve tous enfants efficacement. Nous publions des rapports politiques et des analyses de données, témoignons aux niveaux de la ville et de l'État, nous exprimons dans la presse pour attirer l'attention sur les défis auxquels sont confrontés les étudiants et les familles que nous servons, et nous nous joignons à d'autres défenseurs, parents, jeunes et éducateurs pour appeler à changement.
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AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education regarding our concern about the 800 preschoolers with significant disabilities who were waiting for seats in their legally mandated preschool special education classes as of June 2022.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the 2022 New York State English Language Arts (ELA) test scores for New York City, showing that only 36% of Black and Hispanic students, 18% of students with disabilities, and 13% of English Language Learners (ELLs) in grades 3–8 are reading proficiently.
L'AFC a témoigné devant la commission de l'éducation du conseil municipal sur les graves obstacles que les étudiants handicapés et leurs familles continuent de rencontrer quotidiennement sur le terrain. Chaque jour, Advocates for Children entend des parents qui luttent pour offrir à leurs enfants handicapés l’éducation dont ils ont besoin.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the impact of school budget cuts, calling on the City to restore funding for school budgets and also continue key investments targeted to students with the greatest needs.
AFC submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recommending changes to the federal regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
AFC submitted comments to the State Education Department supporting changes to regulations to increase the minimum number of hours of home instruction and establish a new process for requesting home instruction, as well as suggesting further changes.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) s'est joint à plus de 30 organisations pour appeler la ville à honorer son engagement de doter en personnel une équipe du DOE dédiée à répondre aux besoins éducatifs uniques des étudiants placés en famille d'accueil, et à remplir son obligation légale de fournir des services de transport en bus à cette population.
Advocates for Children of New York testified before the City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Oversight and Investigations regarding our deep concerns about school budget cuts.
Cette analyse de données de juin 2022 estime que plus de 329 000 élèves des écoles publiques n'ont pas de parent qui parle couramment l'anglais et appelle à investir dans un système central et permanent de communication avec les familles immigrées au sein du ministère de l'Éducation (DOE). L'analyse utilise les données de l'American Community Survey (ACS) du US Census Bureau pour illustrer la nécessité d'approches de communication à multiples facettes qui vont au-delà de la mise à disposition en ligne de documents traduits.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) joined more than 200 organizations and individuals in calling on Mayor Adams to invest $5 million to continue the Mental Health Continuum, an innovative, evidence-based model for supporting students with significant mental health needs by integrating a range of direct services and developing stronger partnerships between schools and hospital-based mental health clinics.