AGENCY TESTIMONY
Accountability and reporting on health education
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Despina Zaharakis outlines the measures taken to strengthen accountability and reporting on health education in NYC schools.
- Annual public reporting on compliance through the city council mandated Local Law 14 and 15 report
- External evaluation conducted on the effectiveness of health education, funded by the New York Community Trust
- Ongoing process of sharing improvement recommendations with educators and community members
- Commitment to ensuring all NYC public school students receive high-quality health education meeting state requirements
Despina Zaharakis
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To address this, we report annually on compliance in a publicly available city council mandated local law 14 and 15, issued in 2016 report.
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We also applied for and received funding in 2020 from the New York Community Trust to hire an external evaluator to conduct research on the effectiveness of health education in New York City public schools.
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The research concluded in 2024, and we're in the process of sharing the recommendations for improvement with educators and community members.
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We are passionate, thoughtful, and focused on the work ahead to ensure that all New York City public school students are receiving high quality health education that meets New York state ed requirements.
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We appreciate the council's leadership, advocacy, and partnership on these important issues and look forward to answering your questions.
