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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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    Creating CTE Programs that Benefit Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners 
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  • Policy Report
    • Creating CTE Programs that Benefit Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners 

    In February 2016, the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma, coordinated by AFC, issued an updated policy brief identifying barriers to CTE instruction for students with disabilities and ELLs and providing recommendations to NYSED and the Board of Regents for creating accessible CTE programs that will benefit these students.

    Feb 12, 2016

    Diploma Coalition Makes Recommendations Regarding the Board of Regents’ Testing Reduction Report
  • Testimony & Public Comment
    • Diploma Coalition Makes Recommendations Regarding the Board of Regents’ Testing Reduction Report

    The Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma, coordinated by AFC, wrote two letters urging the Chancellor and Board of Regents to address modifications to the Regents exam requirements as part of their report on reducing state testing and improving test quality.

    May 20, 2015

    AFC Testifies on the 2015–2016 State Education Budget Proposal
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  • Testimony & Public Comment
    • AFC Testifies on the 2015–2016 State Education Budget Proposal

    AFC testified on the proposed state education budget for 2015–2016, urging the Legislature to increase funding for pre-K, Career and Technical Education (CTE), and to support English Language Learners (ELLs) and immigrant students; reject the Executive Budget special education waiver proposal; modify the charter school proposal to ensure that charter schools serve high-needs populations; support the proposal to establish regional rates for Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) services; and increase education funding overall.

    Feb 3, 2015

    Rethinking Pathways to High School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards
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  • Policy Report
    • Rethinking Pathways to High School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards

    This report by The Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma, prepared by Advocates for Children of New York, examines the difficulties that high stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addresses the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment-based pathways to a diploma.

    Dec 12, 2013

    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

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