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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。
美国金融中心在纽约市议会作证时表示，在近期大量移民家庭涌入的情况下，需要更好地支持移民学生和家庭，包括增加双语教职员工和双语项目的机会，确保学生获得所需的特殊教育服务，加强针对年龄较大移民青年的转学高中项目，以及改善语言机会和与家庭的沟通。
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Oversight and Investigation and the Committee on Education regarding persistent, long-standing issues with NYC school bus transportation services. The DOE must take action to develop the systems and procedures necessary to run an effective transportation system that gets all students to school every day.
2021-22 学年是连续第七年有超过 10 万名纽约市公立学校学生无家可归。
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Youth Services about the need to ensure that the City’s summer programming provides needed support for all students, including students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students who are homeless.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Finance regarding the FY 23 Executive Budget, urging the City to invest in targeted initiatives to support English Language Learners, students with disabilities, students who are homeless or in foster care, and students with mental health needs.
根据纽约市教育局 (DOE) 发布的月度出勤数据，在 2021 年秋季学校全面重新开放后，住在无家可归者收容所的学生的缺勤率仍然明显高于有永久住房的同龄人，而且出勤率差距仍然比疫情之前更大。
30 多个组织发布了一封信，呼吁亚当斯市长和班克斯校长使用专门为临时住房学生提供的联邦 COVID-19 救济资金来雇用 150 名驻庇护所的教育部社区协调员。
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.
AFC joined more than 40 organizations in releasing recommendations calling on Mayor-elect Adams to take bold action to address the educational needs of students experiencing homelessness, and to overhaul the educational support system in shelters, starting by hiring 150 shelter-based DOE Community Coordinators, and launching an interagency initiative to tackle the educational barriers these students face.