AFC 就寄养学生的教育需求向市议会教育委员会作证。我们敦促市政府配备一支专门负责寄养学生的小型教育部团队,并保证校车服务,这样寄养学生就不必转学。
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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。
More than 115 Organizations Call for Changes to New York State’s School Funding Formula
Every child in New York State has the right to a sound, basic education—and providing such an education requires adequate and equitable funding. More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those who have the greatest needs.43 Results Found
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。
Mayor-elect Eric Adams will take office at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the longstanding inequities in our City’s schools. Based on our 50 years of on-the-ground experience helping students and families navigate the largest school system in the country and get the support they need to learn, we outline some of the most pressing challenges in public education — including those that pre-date COVID — where the incoming Mayor must be prepared to focus attention, energy, and resources.
AFC joined 35 child welfare and education organizations to call on Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Porter to invest in support for students in foster care. We’re asking that they provide funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget to create a DOE office focused full-time on students in foster care and to guarantee school bus or other door-to-door transportation for students in foster care who need it to maintain school stability.
今年 5 月,2021 年亚足联和 法律援助协会 报告强调,教育部迫切需要设立一个专门负责寄养学生需求的小型办公室。目前,教育部没有专门为纽约市 6,000 名寄养青少年提供支持的办公室、团队,甚至没有一名工作人员,而这群学生尤其需要专门的支持。
With the federal government having approved the largest one-time investment in education in our nation’s history, NYC needs an ambitious education initiative to pave the way to hope and opportunity for this generation of students. Such a plan must invest resources in academic support, mental health support, and outreach and engagement. It must be targeted to assist students disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, including the provision of specialized instruction and support where needed. This plan outlines our recommendations for steps the City should take.
AFC submitted comments on proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-701 regarding school health services.
AFC submitted comments to the draft ACS-DOE joint policy on the reporting and investigating of educational neglect.
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。
Advocates for Children joined more than 20 organizations calling on the DOE to appoint a senior-level leader to focus full-time on students in foster care and to honor its FY 2020 commitment to ensure busing for students in care.