AFC 致力于改变教育政策，以便公立学校系统能够服务于 全部 儿童有效。我们发布政策报告和数据分析，在市和州两级作证，在媒体上发声，让人们关注我们所服务的学生和家庭面临的挑战，并与其他倡导者、家长、青少年和教育工作者一起呼吁改变。
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AFC submitted comments on proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-701 regarding school health services.
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education in support of proposed legislation regulating the New York City Police Department’s response to students in emotional crisis within public schools, significantly limiting the use of handcuffs on students in emotional crisis, and to express concern about the need for a new vision of school safety, beyond merely transferring the School Safety Division from the NYPD to the Department of Education.
On January 28, 2021, AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2021-2022 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to increase, and not cut, state education funding and ensure schools can use their full COVID-19 relief funding to reopen schools and help students catch up.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the impact of COVID-19 on student learning, outlining essential principles and critical elements that must be included in a comprehensive COVID-19 education recovery effort.
AFC submitted comments to the draft ACS-DOE joint policy on the reporting and investigating of educational neglect.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Women and Gender Equity about the related issues of a shortage of preschool special education programs, and the problem of Learning Bridges child care programs excluding children with disabilities.
AFC 向纽约市议会公共福利委员会作证，介绍了该市在推进跨部门寄养工作队建议方面取得的进展，其中包括专门针对教育的三项建议，以及 DOE 工作人员关注这一人群的独特需求的必要性。
AFC 在纽约市议会教育委员会的听证会上作证说，学生迫切需要社会情感和心理健康支持，并且纽约市承诺将警察撤出学校，并制定新的学校安全愿景，确保所有学生真正安全并得到支持。
AFC 和 ARISE 联盟（由 AFC 协调）在纽约市议会教育委员会面前作证，讲述了 COVID-19 疫情对纽约市 20 多万名残疾学生教育的影响，其中许多人无法独立参与远程教学或服务，许多人根本没有得到他们需要学习的内容。
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Health regarding the reopening of City schools. As the City continues working on the health and safety measures needed to protect school communities from COVID-19 this year, the City must also redouble its outreach efforts and provide individualized support to families of students who are not regularly engaging in remote learning.