AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Youth Services about the need to ensure the City’s summer programming provides the support needed to truly serve all students, including students with disabilities.
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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 testified before the City Council Committee on Education on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on English Language Learners and immigrant students and families, and three proposals that advocates believe will have a positive impact on ELLs and immigrant families.
AFC 在纽约市议会心理健康、残疾和成瘾委员会面前作证,谈到青少年心理健康危机,以及迫切需要建立一个全面的系统来确保我们的年轻人能够在学校获得行为和心理健康支持。
AFC submitted testimony for the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2022-2023 Executive Budget Health Proposal urging the State to increase payment rates for Early Intervention (EI) providers to help more infants and toddlers receive timely evaluations and services.
2022 年 1 月的数据简报发现,3-K 和 Pre-K for All 为残疾学龄前学生提供的服务不足,并且无法获得他们有权享受的特殊教育计划和服务——存在基于种族、学区、住房状况和教学语言的差异。
纽约儿童倡导者和法律援助协会对纽约市教育局 (DOE) 最近宣布成立一个团队专门满足寄养学生的特殊需求表示赞赏。
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the announcement of David Banks as the next schools Chancellor.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following response to the NYC Department of Education’s posting of new data showing a need for more than 900 additional seats in preschool special education classes in the spring of 2022.
AFC 联合 100 多个组织致信敦促霍楚尔州长签署法案 A.8013(Benedetto)/ S.6516-A(Mannion),该法案已获参议院和议会一致通过,旨在确保学前特殊教育项目以及州政府批准的针对有严重残疾的学龄学生的非公立学校能够获得与学区相同的支付率增长。
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the New York City Council’s passage of Intro 150-A, creating a task force focused on the transportation of students in temporary housing.