Advocates for Children, along with more than 30 other organizations, sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio calling on him to provide busing for kindergarten through sixth grade students in foster care.
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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 More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those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
Advocates for Children testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the importance of improving the school transportation system, especially for students with disabilities, students in foster care, and students in temporary housing, and in support of a bill to provide real-time GPS bus location data to parents.
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the Fiscal Year 2019 Preliminary Budget, calling for increased funding for support for students in temporary housing, busing for students in foster care, and school climate initiatives.
AFC submitted comments on the DOE’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 regarding school transfers, admissions, and enrollment.
这份报告由亚足联和 SCO 服务系列,为儿童福利机构提供建议以及易于使用的工具包,以支持父母在孩子寄养期间参与教育。
AFC submitted comments to the New York City Department of Education regarding proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 (student admissions, discharges, and transfers), including changes to school selection and enrollment for students in foster care and students in temporary housing.
AFC submitted comments to the New York City Department of Education regarding the response protocol for cases of unexplained absence with respect to students with current or recent child welfare involvement.
AFC submitted testimony to the New York City Council General Welfare Committee regarding school stability for students in foster care.
本报告评估了 AFC 的“项目成就”的成功。它描述了该项目对 AFC 合作的寄养机构工作人员、他们所服务的儿童和家庭以及城市儿童福利系统本身的长期影响。
本文由 AFC 监督律师 Erika Palmer 和法律援助协会教育宣传项目监督律师 Cara Chambers 撰写,探讨了转学对寄养学生的影响,讨论了现行法律,并介绍了全国各地解决学校流动性问题的策略。本文首次在执业律师协会第 10 届年度学校法律研究所上发表,并发表在《 图罗法律评论.