REMARKS
K-12 education funding restorations
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Speaker Adams outlines the council's efforts to restore and add funding for K-12 education to address learning loss and provide essential services to students.
- Over $711 million in funding was added and restored for education since the executive budget
- Funding includes support for school-based social workers, psychologists, family workers, and various educational programs
- The speaker acknowledges the leadership of Education Chair Joseph and Children and Youth Chair Stevens in securing these investments
Adrienne E. Adams
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We know our students are still struggling to recover from his dark levels of learning loss and disruptions caused by the pandemic.
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We work together to add and restore over $711, 000, 000 in funding for education and the executive budget.
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And now, including for school based social workers, school psychologists and family workers, community schools, the learning to work program, literacy instruction, and dyslexia programming, shelter based community coordination, coordinators, and restorative justice among other critical programs.
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Students will receive these services without interruption, which has always been a goal for this council.
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I want to thank all the members who helped us get here.
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Especially those who rolled up their sleeves to get into the details with us.
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Education chair Joseph and children and youth chair Stevens Their leadership was pivotal to safeguarding our children's futures and uplifting working families across our city.