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Policy Resources

AFC works to change education policy so that the public school system serves all children effectively. We publish policy reports and data analyses, testify at the City and State levels, speak out in the press to bring attention to the challenges facing the students and families we serve, and join with other advocates, parents, youth, and educators to call for change.

Leading the Way for NYC Schools: Recommendations for the Next Administration
  • Policy Agenda

    • Leading the Way for NYC Schools: Recommendations for the Next Administration

    Based on our experience helping thousands of NYC families each year, we urge the next Mayor to take on big challenges with bold ideas and stand firm in the face of threats to students’ civil rights.
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    Diploma Coalition Issues Impact Statement on the Elimination of the Local Diploma
  • Issue Brief
    • Diploma Coalition Issues Impact Statement on the Elimination of the Local Diploma

    The Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma (coordinated by AFC) released an issue brief estimating that as many as 14,000 general education students still rely on the local diploma to graduate and are, therefore, not likely to graduate in June. The brief urges New York to keep the local diploma in place until alternative pathways are developed.

    Apr 5, 2012

    Coalition Calls for Reform of the “IEP Diploma”
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    • Coalition Calls for Reform of the “IEP Diploma”

    Twenty-six organizations and individuals working with students with disabilities called on the New York State Education Department to change the name of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) diploma to IEP Certificate to clarify for students, parents, and schools that an IEP diploma is a certificate of completion, and not a regular high school diploma. Misuse of the IEP diploma has contributed to students with disabilities leaving school without graduating.

    Jun 28, 2007

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