Policy Resources - Advocates for Children of New York

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AFC Testifies on Reducing the Responsibilities of the NYPD in NYC Schools

AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Public Safety, joining the call from students, parents, and educators for police-free schools and urging the City to eliminate the reliance on the New York City Police Department to address the needs of students in our schools.

Sep 27, 2021

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AFC Testifies on School Reopening Protocols and Mental Health Supports

AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education on the City’s plan to hire 250 new School Safety Agents (SSAs), rather than invest in the social-emotional and mental health supports our students need so profoundly at this point in time.

Sep 1, 2021

Two young girls drawing in a classroom. (Photo by Anastasia Shuraeva via Pexels)

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100 多个组织敦促州长科莫增加学前特殊教育项目的资金

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.

2021 年 8 月 9 日

Tweed Courthouse, the headquarters of the Department of Education.

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AFC Comments on Proposed Amendments to Chancellor’s Regulation A-710 – Section 504 Policy and Procedures

AFC submitted comments on the DOE’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-710 about Section 504 accommodations for students with disabilities.

Jul 28, 2021

Pencil laying on an open spiral-bound notebook. (Photo by PNW Production via Pexels)

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AFC Comments on Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

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.

Jul 23, 2021

Rear shot of a student writing on a worksheet. (Photo by Katerina Holmes from Pexels)

新闻声明

Response to Release of DOE Academic Recovery Plan

Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the NYC Department of Education’s release of its plan for using its historic influx of funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

Jul 8, 2021

Yellow pencils on top of a black and white composition notebook. (Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash)

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AFC Responds to the New York City FY 2022 Budget Agreement

Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the Fiscal Year 2022 city budget agreement.

Jun 30, 2021

Close-up of hands using a pen and a ruler on a notepad. (Photo by Tamarcus Brown via unsplash)

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25 个组织敦促 DOE 聘请庇护所社区协调员

纽约儿童倡导者联合 25 个组织敦促教育部雇用 150 名收容所社区协调员，帮助住在收容所的学生重新与学校建立联系，并参加教育部提供的补充课程。

2021 年 6 月 25 日

Side view of a Black preschool boy in a classroom, holding a large dinosaur cutout. (Photo by RDNE Stock project via Pexels)

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90 多个组织呼吁市长白思豪满足学前特殊教育课程的需求

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.

2021 年 6 月 23 日

Preschool girl sitting on the floor playing a math game. (Photo by Krakenimages.com, Adobe Stock)

新闻声明

去年纽约市有 1,200 名残疾学龄前儿童在学前特殊教育班上没有座位

纽约儿童倡导者对纽约市教育局根据 2020 年第 21 号地方法律首次发布学前特殊教育数据做出了以下回应。

2021 年 6 月 9 日

政策资源

呼吁采取行动，维持由即将到期的联邦 COVID-19 救济资助的教育计划

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