AFC는 공립학교 시스템이 서비스를 제공할 수 있도록 교육 정책을 변경하기 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 모두 아이들을 효과적으로 우리는 정책 보고서 및 데이터 분석을 게시하고, 시 및 주 차원에서 증언하고, 언론을 통해 우리가 봉사하는 학생과 가족이 직면한 문제에 대한 관심을 환기시키고, 다른 옹호자, 부모, 청소년 및 교육자와 함께 다음 사항을 촉구합니다. 변화.
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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.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the serious obstacles that students with disabilities and their families continue to experience every day on the ground. Every day, Advocates for Children hears from parents struggling to get their children with disabilities the education they need.
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.
AFC(Advocate for Children of New York)는 30개 이상의 조직에 합류하여 위탁 보호 학생의 고유한 교육 요구 사항을 충족하는 데 전념하는 DOE 팀을 전담 구성하고 법에 따른 의무를 이행하겠다는 약속을 존중할 것을 시에 요청했습니다. 이 인구를 위해 버스를 제공하십시오.
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.
2022년 6월 데이터 분석에 따르면 329,000명 이상의 공립학교 학생들이 영어를 유창하게 구사하는 부모가 없으며 교육부(DOE)의 이민자 가족 커뮤니케이션을 위한 영구적인 중앙 시스템에 대한 투자를 요구하는 것으로 추정됩니다. 이 분석에서는 미국 인구조사국 미국 지역사회 조사(ACS)의 데이터를 사용하여 번역된 문서를 온라인으로 제공하는 것 이상의 의사소통에 대한 다각적인 접근 방식의 필요성을 보여줍니다.
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.