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 release of the New York City Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget.
More than 80 organizations are calling on Mayor Adams to include funding in his upcoming Executive Budget to meet the City’s legal obligation to preschoolers with disabilities. Specifically, they are urging the Mayor to continue the $55 million for preschool special education classes that is set to expire in June and to invest at least $70 million to provide preschoolers with disabilities with the evaluations and services they need.
AFC submitted public comment to the Panel for Educational Policy regarding the proposed amendments to the 2025–2029 Capital Plan, urging the City to allocate at least an additional $450 million (for a total of $1.25 billion) for school accessibility.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York, issued the following statement in response to the President’s Executive Order seeking to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
Today, AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) are testifying at the New York City Council Committee on Education’s Preliminary Budget hearing.
Lekòl piblik ekselan yo esansyèl pou fè Vil Nouyòk tounen yon kote atiran pou moun viv ak pou elve yon fanmi, epitou pou asire yon fondasyon solid pou lavni Vil nou an. Kèlkeswa sa k ap pase nan nivo federal nan ane k ap vini yo, li pral esansyèl pou Lekòl Piblik Vil Nouyòk rete konsantre sou travay kritik pou asire tout jèn yo resevwa sipò yo bezwen pou aprann epi pwospere. Baze sou eksperyans nou nan ede dè milye fanmi nan Vil Nouyòk chak ane, nou ankouraje pwochen Administrasyon Majistra a pou l atake gwo defi yo ak ide odasye epi pou l kanpe djanm devan menas ki vize dwa sivil elèv yo.
AFC submitted testimony for the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2025–26 State Health Budget, urging the State to invest in Early Intervention, as well as on the child care proposals in the Executive Budget: Human Services.
AFC, Transition Alliance, ak ARISE Coalition te temwaye devan Komisyon Edikasyon Konsèy Vil la jedi 30 janvye 2025 sou nesesite pou amelyore sèvis edikasyon espesyal. Temwayaj la te atire atansyon sou mank sal klas edikasyon espesyal pou pre-eskòl ak sèvis, mank sipò lekti efikas pou elèv k ap lite, sipò sante konpòtman ki pa ase, defi ak sèvis otobis yo, ak plis ankò.
Jodi a, AFC ap temwaye nan Odyans Lejislatif Konjwen sou Pwopozisyon Bidjè Egzekitif Eta a pou Edikasyon Primè ak Segondè pou ane 2025–2026.
An repons a piblikasyon Bidjè Preliminè Majistra Adams pou Ane Fiskal 2026 la, Kim Sweet, Direktè Egzekitif Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), te pibliye deklarasyon sa a.