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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Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the announcement of David Banks as the next schools Chancellor.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following response to the NYC Department of Education’s posting of new data showing a need for more than 900 additional seats in preschool special education classes in the spring of 2022.
AFC joined more than 100 organizations in sending a letter urging Governor Hochul 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.
Kim Sweet, Direktè Egzekitif Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), te pibliye deklarasyon sa a an repons a pasaj Konsèy Vil New York la nan Intro 150-A, ki te kreye yon gwoup travay ki konsantre sou transpò elèv nan lojman tanporè.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education on meeting the needs of students with disabilities during the COVID era, including the need to for a non-adversarial system for providing make-up services.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following response to the release of the New York City Department of Education (DOE)’s special education data report for the 2020–21 school year.
AFC joined more than 40 organizations in releasing recommendations calling on Mayor-elect Adams to take bold action to address the educational needs of students experiencing homelessness, and to overhaul the educational support system in shelters, starting by hiring 150 shelter-based DOE Community Coordinators, and launching an interagency initiative to tackle the educational barriers these students face.
Yo te idantifye plis pase 101,000 elèv Vil Nouyòk kòm sanzabri pandan ane lekòl 2020–21, yon ogmantasyon 42% depi kòmansman deseni a ak sizyèm ane lekòl youn apre lòt kote plis pase 100,000 elèv Vil Nouyòk te fè eksperyans sanzabri.
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.
Majistra eli Eric Adams pral pran pòs nan yon moman kote pandemi COVID-19 te vin pi grav inegalite depi lontan nan lekòl Vil nou an. Dapre 50 ane eksperyans sou tè nou yo ki ede elèv yo ak fanmi yo navige pi gwo sistèm lekòl la nan peyi a epi jwenn sipò yo bezwen pou aprann, nou dekri kèk nan defi ki pi ijan nan edikasyon piblik - ki gen ladan sa yo ki pre-. dat COVID — kote Majistra k ap vini an dwe prepare pou konsantre atansyon, enèji, ak resous yo.