December Seventh
CUNY Coalition for Students With Disabilities CCSD
Please note that next meeting of the CUNY Coalition for Students with
Disabilities (CCSD) will take place on December seventh. The meeting
will be hosted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice...located at 445
w. 59th street (Between 9th and 10th avenues).
We will start @ 1:00 p.m.
Empowering More than 9,000 Students at CUNY!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Students with Disabilities May Face Anxiety in the Classroom
All children encounter anxiety in returning to school. For children with special needs, however, their anxiety is often increased as they are particularly concerned about acceptance, integration, prejudice, discrimination and even the possibility of being bullied.
It is important for teachers, counselors, and educational assistants to recognize these concerns and to teach all of their students the values of acceptance and advocacy.
Some special needs students are separated into special classes and these separate classes are often negatively identified by other students. In the past, these special classes
have often functioned as warehousing units that did not provide any meaningful education. Today however, many of these separate classes often provide special needs students the skills they require to adapt successfully to mainstream society. Forward thinking educators are working diligently to integrate these students effectively into the classroom.
Progressive educational strategies teach the skills which allow many students with disabilities to successfully overcome barriers and adjust to mainstream life. Many of these students not only graduate from school but benefit from postgraduate educational and subsequent employment.
In reality, many schools do not have adequate personnel and facilities to effectively educate students with disabilities. In many jurisdictions, teaching assistants for special needs
students are being cut back and some special needs educators are forced to look after the needs of two or more children. This is a tragic circumstance, as children with special needs often require individual attention if they are going to benefit from their education.
For example, children with autism can often make huge strides with the support of ABA therapy, which is a learning therapy that can only be effectively administered on a one to one basis. This educational benefit has a long term positive outcome, as students
with autism who receive this support have a 70% opportunity of becoming fully integrated and independent. Without this specialized learning therapy, students with autism have
drastically reduced possibilities and may be destined for a life on welfare or institutionalization. The long term costs far exceed the short term expenses of providing ABA therapy to those who require this support.
Special needs students also worry about acceptance by their classmates. They are often accepted by their teachers and fellow students, and many of them receive notes and other supports; however many fail to develop friendships and social bonds. As a result, these students spend their weekends and holidays with their parents and other members of their families. This is particularly difficult for teenagers who are very concerned with fitting in and social networking. Progressive teachers and educational assistants structure friendship circles to address this problem. With the permission of their parents, fellow students who are sensitive and caring are contacted and told of the barriers special needs students encounter. They are encouraged to contact students with special needs regularly. They
are counseled to maintain frequent phone contact and to socialize with them a few times a week by going to a movie, shopping at a mall, engaging in recreation, and going to parties. Although these friendship networks are often artificial in the beginning, in many cases, they develop into lifelong friendships. These structured friendship circles have permitted special needs students to be effectively integrated and enjoy a rich social life. One of the essential lessons in life is to teach all individuals the value of accepting those who are different.
More students with special needs that ever are now being admitted into the school system but they must be effectively educated and integrated in order to benefit. To deprive special
needs students of the most progressive educational supports makes them mere spectators in the classroom. This would be a tragic waste of time, effort, and resources. There are cut backs taking place in many educational districts across the country and this has negative implications for all students; however, the implications for students with special needs are particularly cruel, as cut backs deny them the resources to maximize their potential. Many of these individuals can prosper if the supports are in place but if they are deprived of these benefits, their educational experience may become meaningless.
We are fortunate to live in a society which has been described as one of the leading nations in the world. The benefits which we enjoy as a result of living in this country should also flow equally to students who have special needs.
It is important for teachers, counselors, and educational assistants to recognize these concerns and to teach all of their students the values of acceptance and advocacy.
Some special needs students are separated into special classes and these separate classes are often negatively identified by other students. In the past, these special classes
have often functioned as warehousing units that did not provide any meaningful education. Today however, many of these separate classes often provide special needs students the skills they require to adapt successfully to mainstream society. Forward thinking educators are working diligently to integrate these students effectively into the classroom.
Progressive educational strategies teach the skills which allow many students with disabilities to successfully overcome barriers and adjust to mainstream life. Many of these students not only graduate from school but benefit from postgraduate educational and subsequent employment.
In reality, many schools do not have adequate personnel and facilities to effectively educate students with disabilities. In many jurisdictions, teaching assistants for special needs
students are being cut back and some special needs educators are forced to look after the needs of two or more children. This is a tragic circumstance, as children with special needs often require individual attention if they are going to benefit from their education.
For example, children with autism can often make huge strides with the support of ABA therapy, which is a learning therapy that can only be effectively administered on a one to one basis. This educational benefit has a long term positive outcome, as students
with autism who receive this support have a 70% opportunity of becoming fully integrated and independent. Without this specialized learning therapy, students with autism have
drastically reduced possibilities and may be destined for a life on welfare or institutionalization. The long term costs far exceed the short term expenses of providing ABA therapy to those who require this support.
Special needs students also worry about acceptance by their classmates. They are often accepted by their teachers and fellow students, and many of them receive notes and other supports; however many fail to develop friendships and social bonds. As a result, these students spend their weekends and holidays with their parents and other members of their families. This is particularly difficult for teenagers who are very concerned with fitting in and social networking. Progressive teachers and educational assistants structure friendship circles to address this problem. With the permission of their parents, fellow students who are sensitive and caring are contacted and told of the barriers special needs students encounter. They are encouraged to contact students with special needs regularly. They
are counseled to maintain frequent phone contact and to socialize with them a few times a week by going to a movie, shopping at a mall, engaging in recreation, and going to parties. Although these friendship networks are often artificial in the beginning, in many cases, they develop into lifelong friendships. These structured friendship circles have permitted special needs students to be effectively integrated and enjoy a rich social life. One of the essential lessons in life is to teach all individuals the value of accepting those who are different.
More students with special needs that ever are now being admitted into the school system but they must be effectively educated and integrated in order to benefit. To deprive special
needs students of the most progressive educational supports makes them mere spectators in the classroom. This would be a tragic waste of time, effort, and resources. There are cut backs taking place in many educational districts across the country and this has negative implications for all students; however, the implications for students with special needs are particularly cruel, as cut backs deny them the resources to maximize their potential. Many of these individuals can prosper if the supports are in place but if they are deprived of these benefits, their educational experience may become meaningless.
We are fortunate to live in a society which has been described as one of the leading nations in the world. The benefits which we enjoy as a result of living in this country should also flow equally to students who have special needs.
Friday, August 24, 2007
EVENT UPDATE: Voting Machine Demo: Selis Manor Aug 29 4-7pm
Join the NYC Board of Elections and The Disabilities Network of NYC for a free demonstration of the new accessible ballot marking device used while voting on Wednesday, August 29th from 4-7pm in the auditorium at VISIONS at Selis Manor, 135 W. 23rd Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues).
To RSVP please call: 212-251-4092. When you RSVP, please let us know if you require any of the following: Braille, Large-Print Materials, American Sign Language Interpreters, Assistive Listening System or any other reasonable accommodation.
These demonstrations are intended to reach out to voters with disabilities, seniors and any other voters interested in learning more about the new ballot marking devices. We thank VISIONS at Selis Manor for use of their auditorium for this important event.
“The demonstrations will include an opportunity for voters to try out the new ... device. BMDs assist voters in marking their ballot using a touch screen, keyboard, audio headset, sip & puff device or rocker paddles. This allows voters with disabilities to vote without assistance and in secrecy,” stated the Board of Elections in the City of New York Executive Director John Ravitz.
"Voting is the most fundamental, the most basic of civic rights," said Lawrence Carter-Long, Director of Advocacy for the Disabilities Network of NYC. "All other rights stem from who we vote for. Until voting is completely accessible and voters with disabilities are familar with the new devices we will not take our proper place in the decision making process in New York City. The Disabilities Network urges everyone to become comfortable with and make use of accessible voting machines in upcoming primaries and elections. We must not only vote, but we must be seen voting. Otherwise we allow the "out of sight out of mind" mentality to continue."
The Board of Elections (BOE) will place ballot marking devices in each Borough Office for voters to use in casting their vote in both the September 18, Primary Elections and the November, General Elections. In each Borough Office, the Board has designated a room that has been assessed by the Board’s Poll Site Accessibility Unit to ensure that it meets the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and HAVA accessibility standards. The BMDs which were manufactured by Avante International Technology, Inc. will be available in these Borough Office pollsites, with the exception of Staten Island who has no uncontested primaries.
NOTE: The BMDs are not actual voting machines. They will assist the voter to mark the ballot; but they do not count the votes. Those ballots that are cast using the BMDs will be counted by hand in a manner to preserve anonymity of the ballots when the Board counts all paper ballots eight days after the Primary Election.
Lawrence Carter-Long
Director of Advocacy Disabilities Network of NYC
c/o United Way
2 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Lawrence@dnnyc.net
http://dnnyc.net tel:
mobile: 212-251-4092
917-684-3235
Always have my latest info Want a signature like this?
To RSVP please call: 212-251-4092. When you RSVP, please let us know if you require any of the following: Braille, Large-Print Materials, American Sign Language Interpreters, Assistive Listening System or any other reasonable accommodation.
These demonstrations are intended to reach out to voters with disabilities, seniors and any other voters interested in learning more about the new ballot marking devices. We thank VISIONS at Selis Manor for use of their auditorium for this important event.
“The demonstrations will include an opportunity for voters to try out the new ... device. BMDs assist voters in marking their ballot using a touch screen, keyboard, audio headset, sip & puff device or rocker paddles. This allows voters with disabilities to vote without assistance and in secrecy,” stated the Board of Elections in the City of New York Executive Director John Ravitz.
"Voting is the most fundamental, the most basic of civic rights," said Lawrence Carter-Long, Director of Advocacy for the Disabilities Network of NYC. "All other rights stem from who we vote for. Until voting is completely accessible and voters with disabilities are familar with the new devices we will not take our proper place in the decision making process in New York City. The Disabilities Network urges everyone to become comfortable with and make use of accessible voting machines in upcoming primaries and elections. We must not only vote, but we must be seen voting. Otherwise we allow the "out of sight out of mind" mentality to continue."
The Board of Elections (BOE) will place ballot marking devices in each Borough Office for voters to use in casting their vote in both the September 18, Primary Elections and the November, General Elections. In each Borough Office, the Board has designated a room that has been assessed by the Board’s Poll Site Accessibility Unit to ensure that it meets the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and HAVA accessibility standards. The BMDs which were manufactured by Avante International Technology, Inc. will be available in these Borough Office pollsites, with the exception of Staten Island who has no uncontested primaries.
NOTE: The BMDs are not actual voting machines. They will assist the voter to mark the ballot; but they do not count the votes. Those ballots that are cast using the BMDs will be counted by hand in a manner to preserve anonymity of the ballots when the Board counts all paper ballots eight days after the Primary Election.
Lawrence Carter-Long
Director of Advocacy Disabilities Network of NYC
c/o United Way
2 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Lawrence@dnnyc.net
http://dnnyc.net tel:
mobile: 212-251-4092
917-684-3235
Always have my latest info Want a signature like this?
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
ABILITIES EXPO
Hi everyone,
As many of you know that ABILITIES EXPO (New Jersey Convention Center, Edison, NJ) will be held from April 27 to April 29.
Exhibits, Free Educational Workshops, Special Events. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore hundreds of products and services for people with disabilities. For more information, call 1-800-385-3085
or go to www.abilitiesexpo.com .
DIA finally got opportunity to get the buses to go to NJ from NYC.
If you want to go by school bus with a group on 4/28, call Marty Sesmer 212-684-6287 for details.
Send check, money order, or cash for $10 (payable to DIA at 332 East 29th Street, # 5A, NY, NY 10016). It is $10 charge for your PCA.
Reservations accept on a first-come, first-served basis! Space is limited.
There are 3 days left! Hurry up!
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As many of you know that ABILITIES EXPO (New Jersey Convention Center, Edison, NJ) will be held from April 27 to April 29.
Exhibits, Free Educational Workshops, Special Events. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore hundreds of products and services for people with disabilities. For more information, call 1-800-385-3085
or go to www.abilitiesexpo.com .
DIA finally got opportunity to get the buses to go to NJ from NYC.
If you want to go by school bus with a group on 4/28, call Marty Sesmer 212-684-6287 for details.
Send check, money order, or cash for $10 (payable to DIA at 332 East 29th Street, # 5A, NY, NY 10016). It is $10 charge for your PCA.
Reservations accept on a first-come, first-served basis! Space is limited.
There are 3 days left! Hurry up!
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See what's free at AOL.com.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
CMS Technical Assistance Database
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Launches Technical Assistance Database
Good news! CMS has just launched an exciting new database to showcase the efforts of many of the technical assistance providers serving CMS' grantees. The "Technical Assistance Database" will allow you to see the wide range of activities that support and enrich the grantees under the New Freedom Initiative. The database will contain important information regarding existing and upcoming research products, conferences, and significant meetings as well as a wide variety of toolkits, surveys, and policy briefs, intended to be of interested to the disability and long-term care community.
All stakeholders will be able to view the database. CMS grantees, however, will be given access passcodes to enable them to post requests for technical assistance to the vast cadre of experts supporting CMS' initiatives. To access the Technical Assistance Database, please go to www.DEHPG.net. The user name for the database is "TAdatabase" and the "passcode" is Readonly#1.
Grantees are strongly encouraged to utilize the Technical Assistance Database. To request a passcode, please e-mail your request to the CMS Resource Box at TAdatabase@cms.hhs.gov. Please indicate your name, type of grant you represent, and your phone number in the e-mail. In the near future, CMS will offer a training sessions, customized for the NFI grantees, to demonstrate the vast uses of this robust database. We encourage you to request your passcode soon, so that you can avail yourself of this dynamic training. Details regarding the trainings will be forthcoming.
Good news! CMS has just launched an exciting new database to showcase the efforts of many of the technical assistance providers serving CMS' grantees. The "Technical Assistance Database" will allow you to see the wide range of activities that support and enrich the grantees under the New Freedom Initiative. The database will contain important information regarding existing and upcoming research products, conferences, and significant meetings as well as a wide variety of toolkits, surveys, and policy briefs, intended to be of interested to the disability and long-term care community.
All stakeholders will be able to view the database. CMS grantees, however, will be given access passcodes to enable them to post requests for technical assistance to the vast cadre of experts supporting CMS' initiatives. To access the Technical Assistance Database, please go to www.DEHPG.net. The user name for the database is "TAdatabase" and the "passcode" is Readonly#1.
Grantees are strongly encouraged to utilize the Technical Assistance Database. To request a passcode, please e-mail your request to the CMS Resource Box at TAdatabase@cms.hhs.gov. Please indicate your name, type of grant you represent, and your phone number in the e-mail. In the near future, CMS will offer a training sessions, customized for the NFI grantees, to demonstrate the vast uses of this robust database. We encourage you to request your passcode soon, so that you can avail yourself of this dynamic training. Details regarding the trainings will be forthcoming.
CMS Technical Assistance Database
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Launches Technical Assistance Database
Good news! CMS has just launched an exciting new database to showcase the efforts of many of the technical assistance providers serving CMS' grantees. The "Technical Assistance Database" will allow you to see the wide range of activities that support and enrich the grantees under the New Freedom Initiative. The database will contain important information regarding existing and upcoming research products, conferences, and significant meetings as well as a wide variety of toolkits, surveys, and policy briefs, intended to be of interested to the disability and long-term care community.
All stakeholders will be able to view the database. CMS grantees, however, will be given access passcodes to enable them to post requests for technical assistance to the vast cadre of experts supporting CMS' initiatives. To access the Technical Assistance Database, please go to www.DEHPG.net. The user name for the database is "TAdatabase" and the "passcode" is Readonly#1.
Grantees are strongly encouraged to utilize the Technical Assistance Database. To request a passcode, please e-mail your request to the CMS Resource Box at TAdatabase@cms.hhs.gov. Please indicate your name, type of grant you represent, and your phone number in the e-mail. In the near future, CMS will offer a training sessions, customized for the NFI grantees, to demonstrate the vast uses of this robust database. We encourage you to request your passcode soon, so that you can avail yourself of this dynamic training. Details regarding the trainings will be forthcoming.
Good news! CMS has just launched an exciting new database to showcase the efforts of many of the technical assistance providers serving CMS' grantees. The "Technical Assistance Database" will allow you to see the wide range of activities that support and enrich the grantees under the New Freedom Initiative. The database will contain important information regarding existing and upcoming research products, conferences, and significant meetings as well as a wide variety of toolkits, surveys, and policy briefs, intended to be of interested to the disability and long-term care community.
All stakeholders will be able to view the database. CMS grantees, however, will be given access passcodes to enable them to post requests for technical assistance to the vast cadre of experts supporting CMS' initiatives. To access the Technical Assistance Database, please go to www.DEHPG.net. The user name for the database is "TAdatabase" and the "passcode" is Readonly#1.
Grantees are strongly encouraged to utilize the Technical Assistance Database. To request a passcode, please e-mail your request to the CMS Resource Box at TAdatabase@cms.hhs.gov. Please indicate your name, type of grant you represent, and your phone number in the e-mail. In the near future, CMS will offer a training sessions, customized for the NFI grantees, to demonstrate the vast uses of this robust database. We encourage you to request your passcode soon, so that you can avail yourself of this dynamic training. Details regarding the trainings will be forthcoming.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
CUNY Student Express: State Budget Alert
CUNY STUDENT EXPRESS
February 27, 2007
NEW YORK STATE BUDGET ALERT: TIME TO INVEST IN CUNY
Visit www.supportcuny.org
As you know, the 2007-2008 New York State Executive Budget proposed by the Governor is currently under review by The New York State Legislature. Significant operating and capital support for CUNY is included, which represents the best starting point in many years. We need your help now to communicate to State legislators how the budget can be further enhanced to allow CUNY to hire more full-time faculty, strengthen academic and student support, and library services, and more fully meet technology and capital needs. Please visit www.supportcuny.org today to email your views on the State budget. Draft letters are provided and we encourage you to take the time to send your own.
A one-page fact sheet on the State budget is included below. You can read Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's testimony before the legislative fiscal committees at www.supportcuny.org. It is important to note that after one year, 90% of all CUNY graduates remain in New York State. After ten years, over 80% stay here as taxpaying residents, providing a stable tax base of educated citizens who repay the investment made in their education many times over through a lifetime of taxes paid to state, city, and federal coffers. The CUNY Compact, which enlists public and private partners to help finance the CUNY colleges, provides the long term basis for support. The immediate need, however, is for you to be heard now, while the legislative review process is still at work. State leaders will decide on revenue targets and available funds by March 1 and then work towards the adoption of a budget by the end of March. Please visit www.supportcuny.org today. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Jay Hershenson
Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
The City University of New York
2007-2008 State Budget Priorities
Senior College Operating Budget Gap $24.3 million
While the State Executive Budget provides additional operating aid, it does not provide sufficient funding to cover all of the approved senior college Master Plan initiatives. Given the University's need for full-time faculty and the resources required to support the highest enrollment in 31 years, additional support is warranted. The senior colleges need strengthened undergraduate and graduate programs, expanded research opportunities, and enhanced academic and student support.
State Aid for Community Colleges $5.0 million
CUNY community colleges need base aid funding of $2,650 per FTE, an increase of $125. The Executive Budget recommends a state aid per FTE increase of $100 ($2,625) for the community colleges. This base aid increase, valued at $2.0 million, will assist the University in covering increased mandatory costs at the community colleges. In addition, the University is seeking $3.0 million in additional support to the community colleges in order to provide for priorities outlined in the University's Master Plan. These critical initiatives include additional full-time faculty, library support, and student services enhancements in areas such as counseling, child care, and services to students with disabilities.
Senior College Capital Budget $89.2 million
The Executive Budget does not include all of the additional funds requested by the University in FY2007-2008. The primary need is $50 million in continued funding for the NIT/Information Systems & Administrative Applications project (the University's Enterprise Resource Planning Initiative). Secondary needs include: $24.2 million to address cost escalation increases due to recent economic changes for projects already in construction, including Brooklyn College's West Quad building and City College's School of Architecture; $10 million for the Certificates of Occupancy Initiative that ensures all CUNY facilities continue to be in compliance with Building Department regulations; and $5 million to complete the Visitors' Center for the Louis Armstrong House Museum and Archives at Queens College.
Community College Capital Budget $8.3 million
The State Executive Budget does not fund all of the needs requested by the University in FY 2007-2008, such as: $2.5 million in continued funding for the NIT/Information Systems & Administrative Applications project (the University's Enterprise Resource Planning Initiative); $2.5 million for the Certificates of Occupancy Initiative that ensures all CUNY facilities continue to be in compliance with Building Department regulations; and $3.3 million for roof replacement and to provide backflow prevention devices required at Bronx Community College.
Financial Aid
The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is a critical safety net that allows financially disadvantaged students to attend the University. Over 64,000 of CUNY's undergraduate, degree-seeking students received TAP funding. The University strongly recommends that any modifications to state financial aid programs should be need-based in order to assist those students and families with greatest hardship.
February 27, 2007
NEW YORK STATE BUDGET ALERT: TIME TO INVEST IN CUNY
Visit www.supportcuny.org
As you know, the 2007-2008 New York State Executive Budget proposed by the Governor is currently under review by The New York State Legislature. Significant operating and capital support for CUNY is included, which represents the best starting point in many years. We need your help now to communicate to State legislators how the budget can be further enhanced to allow CUNY to hire more full-time faculty, strengthen academic and student support, and library services, and more fully meet technology and capital needs. Please visit www.supportcuny.org today to email your views on the State budget. Draft letters are provided and we encourage you to take the time to send your own.
A one-page fact sheet on the State budget is included below. You can read Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's testimony before the legislative fiscal committees at www.supportcuny.org. It is important to note that after one year, 90% of all CUNY graduates remain in New York State. After ten years, over 80% stay here as taxpaying residents, providing a stable tax base of educated citizens who repay the investment made in their education many times over through a lifetime of taxes paid to state, city, and federal coffers. The CUNY Compact, which enlists public and private partners to help finance the CUNY colleges, provides the long term basis for support. The immediate need, however, is for you to be heard now, while the legislative review process is still at work. State leaders will decide on revenue targets and available funds by March 1 and then work towards the adoption of a budget by the end of March. Please visit www.supportcuny.org today. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Jay Hershenson
Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
The City University of New York
2007-2008 State Budget Priorities
Senior College Operating Budget Gap $24.3 million
While the State Executive Budget provides additional operating aid, it does not provide sufficient funding to cover all of the approved senior college Master Plan initiatives. Given the University's need for full-time faculty and the resources required to support the highest enrollment in 31 years, additional support is warranted. The senior colleges need strengthened undergraduate and graduate programs, expanded research opportunities, and enhanced academic and student support.
State Aid for Community Colleges $5.0 million
CUNY community colleges need base aid funding of $2,650 per FTE, an increase of $125. The Executive Budget recommends a state aid per FTE increase of $100 ($2,625) for the community colleges. This base aid increase, valued at $2.0 million, will assist the University in covering increased mandatory costs at the community colleges. In addition, the University is seeking $3.0 million in additional support to the community colleges in order to provide for priorities outlined in the University's Master Plan. These critical initiatives include additional full-time faculty, library support, and student services enhancements in areas such as counseling, child care, and services to students with disabilities.
Senior College Capital Budget $89.2 million
The Executive Budget does not include all of the additional funds requested by the University in FY2007-2008. The primary need is $50 million in continued funding for the NIT/Information Systems & Administrative Applications project (the University's Enterprise Resource Planning Initiative). Secondary needs include: $24.2 million to address cost escalation increases due to recent economic changes for projects already in construction, including Brooklyn College's West Quad building and City College's School of Architecture; $10 million for the Certificates of Occupancy Initiative that ensures all CUNY facilities continue to be in compliance with Building Department regulations; and $5 million to complete the Visitors' Center for the Louis Armstrong House Museum and Archives at Queens College.
Community College Capital Budget $8.3 million
The State Executive Budget does not fund all of the needs requested by the University in FY 2007-2008, such as: $2.5 million in continued funding for the NIT/Information Systems & Administrative Applications project (the University's Enterprise Resource Planning Initiative); $2.5 million for the Certificates of Occupancy Initiative that ensures all CUNY facilities continue to be in compliance with Building Department regulations; and $3.3 million for roof replacement and to provide backflow prevention devices required at Bronx Community College.
Financial Aid
The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is a critical safety net that allows financially disadvantaged students to attend the University. Over 64,000 of CUNY's undergraduate, degree-seeking students received TAP funding. The University strongly recommends that any modifications to state financial aid programs should be need-based in order to assist those students and families with greatest hardship.
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