2023 年 6 月的数据分析显示,所有残疾学龄前儿童中有 37%(共 9,800 名儿童)在整个 2021-22 学年没有接受过 DOE 依法要求提供的至少一项服务,这是对学生权利的系统性侵犯。该报告分析了 DOE 数据,这可能显著 轻描淡写 问题的严重性,并就未来所需的变革提出建议。
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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 More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those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.找到 63 条结果
超过 60 个组织致信亚当斯市长,敦促其扩大对“精神健康连续体”的资金投入;移民家庭沟通与外展;庇护所协调员为无家可归的学生提供支持;以及“纽约承诺”项目。
AFC 在市议会教育委员会就 24 财年初步预算作证,敦促市政府扩大初步预算中未包括的教育计划的资金,并投资于支持最需要帮助的学生的计划。
AFC 在纽约市议会公共福利委员会作证时表示,有必要延长对 Promise NYC 的资助,这是一项重要举措,旨在增加无证儿童接受早期儿童项目的机会。如果纽约市不采取行动,这项举措的资金将于 6 月到期,数百名儿童将面临被拒之门外的风险。
AFC 在 2023-2024 年行政预算健康提案的联合立法公开听证会上作证,称有必要在 2023-2024 年预算中提高早期干预 (EI) 的费用。行政预算提案不包括对 EI 提供商的任何增加或生活成本调整,这些提供商目前的费率低于 20 年前,也没有采取任何其他措施来帮助解决该州未能及时为幼儿提供法律规定的 EI 服务的系统性问题。
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education on access to early childhood education programs, including for children with disabilities, children in temporary housing, and children who are undocumented. The City is currently relying on $88 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funding this year to fund preschool special education initiatives—funding that will be expiring in the fall of 2024 and needs to be sustained.
纽约儿童权益倡导者 (AFC) 执行董事金·斯威特 (Kim Sweet) 针对该市 2024 财政年度初步预算的发布发表了以下声明。
AFC submitted comments to the New York State Department of Health in response to proposed changes to the Early Intervention Program regulations, and concerns about proposed amendments that do not comport with legal requirements and would be harmful to children and families.
AFC 向市议会教育委员会作证,表达了我们对截至 2022 年 6 月 800 名患有严重残疾的学龄前儿童的担忧,这些儿童正在等待法定的学前特殊教育班的席位。
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.