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Council Member Sanchez discusses legislation to improve access to after-school program information
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Council Member Pierina Sanchez speaks about Introduction 432, which requires the Department of Education to distribute information about after-school programs to families in public schools. She explains the bill's requirements and urges her colleagues to vote in favor of it.
- The bill aims to make information about after-school programs more accessible to nearly 1 million students in NYC public schools.
- Information will be available through various channels, including school offices, email, websites, and online portals.
- Sanchez acknowledges her team members who contributed to the bill.
Pierina Sanchez
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majority leader.
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Today, the council is making strides to make sure nearly 1,000,000 young people in our schools can access the opportunities that allow them to become the fullest versions of themselves.
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Intro April requires the Department of Education in consultation with the Department of Youth and Community Development to distribute information about after school programs to families at every public, k through 12, elementary, middle, and high school.
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This will be available via the main office, email, on the school's website, and any online portal portal for students and their families.
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Starting this fall, it will be easier than ever for students to access the resources that they need to thrive.
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So I hope my colleagues will join me in, voting eye on this bill today, and I wanna especially congratulate my team members who aids this bill, on our team's behalf, my, acting chief, Maria Villalobos, Ben Ratner, Gerard Fernandez, Carla Dominguez, and, of course, our committee counsel, Nadia Jean Francois.
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Thank you so much.