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 testified before the New York City Council Committee on Immigration regarding the city’s plans for addressing federal immigration authorities’ requests for access to school buildings and student records.
AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2017–2018 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to invest in education initiatives such as improved access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, the development of performance-based assessments, positive approaches to discipline, and pre-kindergarten.
The following is a statement by Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York, in response to the release of graduation rate data for the class of 2016.
AFC te temwaye devan Komite Edikasyon Konsèy Vil New York konsènan aksè nan pwogram Edikasyon Karyè ak Teknik (CTE) pou elèv ki gen andikap ak Elèv k ap Aprann Angle (ELL). Yo montre CTE ede elèv ki an risk yo – tankou ELL yo ak elèv ki gen andikap – angaje ak sou wout pou yo gradye; men, alòske elèv ki gen andikap ak ELL yo an jeneral fè byen nan pwogram CTE vil la, tou de gwoup yo pa reprezante pami elèv CTE yo.
Nan mwa fevriye 2016, la Kowalisyon pou plizyè chemen pou jwenn yon diplòm, ki kowòdone pa AFC, te pibliye yon enskripsyon politik ajou ki idantifye baryè nan enstriksyon CTE pou elèv ki gen andikap ak ELL yo epi bay rekòmandasyon bay NYSED ak Konsèy Regents pou kreye pwogram CTE aksesib ki pral benefisye elèv sa yo.
AFC and the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) jointly submitted comments in response to the New York City Department of Education’s proposal to amend Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 relating to student admissions, discharges, and transfers.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition, which is coordinated by AFC, each testified before the City Council Education Committee about the education proposals in the Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary Budget.
Direktè Pwojè AFC Abja Midha te temwaye nan odyans Komite Konsèy Vil Nouyòk sou Edikasyon sou Elèv k ap Aprann Lang Angle (ELL). Nan temwayaj nou an, nou te soulve enkyetid konsènan mank opsyon pwogram bileng pou ELL yo, sitou nan lòt lang ki pa Panyòl.
AFC te temwaye sou bidjè edikasyon leta pwopoze pou ane 2015–2016 la, li mande Lejislati a pou ogmante finansman pou Edikasyon Pre-K, Karyè ak Teknik (CTE), epi pou sipòte Elèv k ap Aprann Lang Angle (ELL) ak elèv imigran yo; rejte pwopozisyon pou dispans edikasyon espesyal Bidjè Egzekitif la; modifye pwopozisyon charter school la pou asire ke charter schools sèvi popilasyon ki gen gwo bezwen; sipòte pwopozisyon pou tabli tarif rejyonal yo pou sèvis Pwofesè Itineran Edikasyon Espesyal (SEIT); epi ogmante finansman edikasyon an jeneral.