AFC submitted comments on the DOE’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-710 about Section 504 accommodations for students with disabilities.
AFC travay pou chanje politik edikasyon pou sistèm lekòl piblik la sèvi tout timoun yo efektivman. Nou pibliye rapò politik ak analiz done, temwaye nan vil la ak nivo Eta a, pale nan laprès pou pote atansyon sou defi elèv yo ak fanmi nou sèvi yo ap fè fas a, epi mete ansanm ak lòt defansè, paran, jèn, ak edikatè pou mande chanje.
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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 and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Finance on the Executive Budget, outlining our priorities for the historic influx of education funding from the state and federal governments. The City must use that funding effectively to provide needed academic and social-emotional support, incorporating outreach to students and families who have not yet re-engaged and specialized support for students who need it.
AFC te soumèt temwayaj alekri pou Komite Konsèy Vil la sou Edikasyon, Byennèt Jeneral, ak Jistis Kriminèl pou sipòte Intro. Nimewo 1224, epi li te bay rekòmandasyon pou asire ekite, transparans, siveyans, ak responsablite nan edikasyon yo bay timoun ak jèn nan kad tribinal òdone.
AFC te temwaye devan Komite Konsèy Vil la sou Edikasyon ak Byennèt Jeneral sou enpòtans pou genyen yon plan entansyonèl, vize pou sipòte elèv ki nan ebèjman pandan Vil la ap deside kijan pou l sèvi ak aflu istorik finansman edikasyon li a.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Education on the preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2022, outlining our priorities for an ambitious education initiative to direct the largest one-time federal investment in education in our nation’s history.
AFC te temwaye devan Komite Konsèy Vil Nouyòk pou Sekirite Piblik la nan yon odyans sou Refòm Polis Vil Nouyòk Majistra a ak Plan Kolaboratif Re-envansyon.
AFC submitted comments on proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-701 regarding school health services.
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education in support of proposed legislation regulating the New York City Police Department’s response to students in emotional crisis within public schools, significantly limiting the use of handcuffs on students in emotional crisis, and to express concern about the need for a new vision of school safety, beyond merely transferring the School Safety Division from the NYPD to the Department of Education.
On January 28, 2021, AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2021-2022 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to increase, and not cut, state education funding and ensure schools can use their full COVID-19 relief funding to reopen schools and help students catch up.