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نیویارک سٹی ڈیپارٹمنٹ آف ایجوکیشن (DOE) کی 2020-21 تعلیمی سال کے لیے خصوصی تعلیمی ڈیٹا رپورٹ کے اجراء کے لیے ایڈووکیٹ فار چلڈرن آف نیویارک (AFC) نے درج ذیل جواب جاری کیا۔
AFC submitted comments to the New York State Education Department about the need for urgent action to address systemic delays and barriers in the special education impartial hearing system in New York City.
میئر منتخب ایرک ایڈمز ایک ایسے وقت میں عہدہ سنبھالیں گے جب COVID-19 وبائی بیماری نے ہمارے شہر کے اسکولوں میں دیرینہ عدم مساوات کو مزید خراب کر دیا ہے۔ ہمارے 50 سال کے زمینی تجربے کی بنیاد پر جو طلباء اور خاندانوں کو ملک کے سب سے بڑے اسکول سسٹم میں نیویگیٹ کرنے میں مدد کرتے ہیں اور انہیں سیکھنے کے لیے درکار تعاون حاصل کرتے ہیں، ہم عوامی تعلیم میں کچھ انتہائی اہم چیلنجوں کا خاکہ پیش کرتے ہیں - بشمول وہ جو پہلے سے تاریخ COVID - جہاں آنے والے میئر کو توجہ، توانائی اور وسائل پر توجہ مرکوز کرنے کے لیے تیار ہونا چاہیے۔
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Education on the continued work needed to strengthen the DOE’s academic recovery plans this year. While we appreciate that the City is using this funding for some important initiatives, we worry there is still inadequate detail about how the funding will be used, inadequate funding for key priorities, and too much discretion and responsibility left to individual schools that already have their hands full reopening schools and keeping school communities safe.
AFC testified before the New York State Senate Education Committee on the DOE’s use of increased state and federal education funding; specifically, how the funding is being used to meet the needs of students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students experiencing homelessness—students who were hit particularly hard by the closure of schools.
AFC joined more than 100 organizations in sending a letter urging the Governor to sign into law A. 8013 (Benedetto) / S. 6516-A (Mannion), a bill passed unanimously by the Senate and Assembly to ensure that preschool special education programs, as well as state-approved non-public schools for school-age students with significant disabilities, receive the same increase in payment rates as school districts.
AFC submitted comments on the DOE’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-710 about Section 504 accommodations for students with disabilities.
AFC submitted public comments to the U.S. Department of Education on the exclusionary, punitive school discipline and police policies and practices faced by New York City public school students, the disproportionate impact these policies and practices have on Black and Brown students and students with disabilities, and promising alternative practices.
AFC joined 90+ organizations to call on Mayor de Blasio to address the shortage of preschool special education classes and provide salary parity to teachers of preschool special education classes at community-based organizations (CBOs) this year.
Advocates for Children of New York issued the following response to the NYC Department of Education’s first release of preschool special education data required pursuant to Local Law 21 of 2020.
