AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2020–2021 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to fully fund Foundation Aid; increase investments in targeted areas such as preschool special education programs, support for Multilingual Learners, and positive approaches to discipline; and reject the harmful special education waiver proposal.
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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 More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those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.428 Results Found
由于多年来纽约州对学前特殊教育项目的投资不足,纽约远远未能为所有儿童提供他们需要并有合法权利接受的学前特殊教育课程。本政策简报显示,预计 2020 年春季纽约市残疾儿童的学前特殊教育班座位将短缺 1,000 多个。
纽约儿童权益倡导组织 (AFC) 执行董事 Kim Sweet 针对纽约州教育部 (NYSED) 发布的 高中毕业率 2015 年的队列。
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Youth Services about access to after-school programming for students with disabilities, students in temporary housing and students in foster care and legislation related to universal after-school programming.
本报告于 2019 年 12 月与 纽约儿童公民委员会 (CCC)报告显示,纽约州对纽约早期干预计划的投资不足,导致在服务获取方面存在严重的种族和社会经济差异。报告显示,如果生活在低收入的有色人种社区,三岁以下发育迟缓或残疾的儿童不太可能获得有助于他们充分发挥潜力的关键服务,并向纽约市和纽约州提出了一些建议,以增加早期干预服务的机会。
纽约儿童权益倡导者组织 (AFC) 针对纽约市教育部 (DOE) 发布的 2018-2019 学年停课数据报告做出以下回应。
Today, Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the New York City Department of Education’s 特殊教育数据报告 for the 2018-19 school year.
纽约儿童倡导者(AFC)执行董事金·斯威特(Kim Sweet)针对纽约市教育局发布的 2018-19 学年交通数据报告发表了以下声明。
The New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students (NYS-TEACHS), a project of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), posted new data showing that the number of students in New York City identified as homeless during the 2018-2019 school year remained stubbornly high, topping 100,000 for the fourth consecutive year.
AFC joined 25 child welfare and education organizations in calling on the City to abide by federal and state law and honor its commitment to guarantee bus service or a comparable mode of transportation to kindergarten through sixth-grade students in foster care. Although the adopted city budget states that the Administration agreed to ensure bus service for students in foster care, the Department of Education is continuing to deny requests for bus service.