2023 AQE Budget Social Media Toolkit

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#KeepThePromise 

#NYSUniversalChildCare

#SolutionsNotSuspensions

Sample tweets

School Funding & Privatization

.@GovKathyHochul announced that 2023 must be the year to complete the phase in for #FoundationAid. Parents have been coming to Albany for years fighting for the state to #KeepThePromise & fully fund schools. This year, we can finally celebrate!

This year @GovKathyHochul has committed to deliver the projected $2.7 billion increase to fully fund Foundation Aid! Parents are in Albany today to celebrate this historical, long awaited win! #KeepThePromise

Thank You @GovKathyHochul, @AndreaSCounsins, @CarlHeastie for ensuring our schools are fully funded. 2023 is the 1st year NYS will fund 100% of Foundation Aid #KeepThePromise

Already at its cap, NYC doesn’t need to add any new charter schools, especially since they siphon resources away from the DOE which serves more than 80% of the students. @CarlHeastie and @AndreaSCousins must maintain the existing cap on charters in NYC. #PrivatizationOfPublicEd

Universal child care

Child care providers & educators are vital to our communities. They care for infants, toddlers & young children with warmth, compassion & love. They deserve quality wages & benefits for their time & service. We need Albany to fund #NYUniversalChildCare #KeepThePromise

.@GovKathyHochul has pledged to invest $7 Bil in childcare over 4 yrs. #KeepThePromise Increase access for families & Increase wages for providers #NYUniversalChildCare

#NYSBudget must prioritize children, families and educators by making crucial investments in #NYUniversalChildCare. For every $1 you invest in early education, tax payers see $7-$15 return on investment #InvestInOurNY

Despite their high skill, training, and value to children & families, child care educators make less than 97% of all other professions in New York #InvestInOurNY #KeepThePromise #NYSUniversalChildcare @GovKathyHochul @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie 

Immigrant families outside of NYC don’t have access to #ChildCare assistance, although NY’s economy depends on their labor. We urge @GovKathyHochul @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins to include ALL families in the expansion of access to childcare. #KeepThePromise #NYUniversalChildCare

Every year NY loses billions of dollars in productivity & tax revenue b/c of a lack of affordable child care. Women are often forced to leave the workforce or drop out of school due to the lack of access to affordable childcare options. #KeepThePromise #NYUniversalChildCare

By implementing #NYUniversalChildCare we can transform our economy by getting people back to work, strengthening an entire (vital) industry, and helping small business owners to get back on their feet. We don’t need Amazon, we need child care #KeepThePromise #InvestInOurNY

School climate/Solutions not suspensions

Black and brown students are more likely to receive suspensions when they commit the same infractions as their white peers. @ShelleyBMayer it's time to pass the Solutions Not Suspensions bill. #KeepThePromise #SolutionsNotSuspensionsNY 

The youth mental health crisis is  profound. Suspending children keeps them away from the services and support they need & deserve. @NYSenateDems & @NYSA_Majority must pass the #SolutionsNotSuspensionsAct in 2023 #KeepThePromise

Suspensions rob students of valuable learning time. The @NYSA_Majority & @NYSenDems must pass the #SolutionsNotSuspensionsAct in 2023, and @GovKathyHochul must sign it into law #KeepThePromise

Between the youth mental health crisis and pandemic learning loss, New York's children have endured so much. Suspending children from school compounds these crises. @NYSenDems and @NYSA_Majority must pass the #SolutionsNotSuspensionsAct in 2023 #KeepThePromise

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