ELC Comments re Flores Agreement Nov. 2018pdf

…disabilities, English language learners, and LGBTQ students. Over its more than forty-year history, ELC has helped thousands of individual immigrant children to obtain the educational services they desperately need to…

More

Newsroom Archive

…Now is the Time to Reform Truancy Rules Chalkbeat Philadelphia 12/10: Students fight for right to vote on Philadelphia’s school board Philadelphia Eagles 12/9: Eagles look to help level the…

More

ELC analysis of HB 530 and SB 856-6-19-2015

…be more explicit and should clarify that charters need to post their capacity and current space available on their website. Support   § 17-1723- A(a)(3) Requires that a standard…

More

Charter School Equity Pledge – ELC Jan 2016

…immunizations, and completion of an Act 26 statement). – Ensure application materials are available to families, both in our main office and on the front page of our school’s website,…

More

SDAS – Charter Schools and ELC

…control over student enrollment:  Enrollment barriers  Many do not “backfill” (Stop enrolling students after particular times of the year, even when space is available).  That many “counsel…

More

ELC-memo-to-DOJ-8-31-2015

…for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

More

ELC memo to DOJ 8-31-2015

…for all grades. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/07/05/System-breakdown-leaves-student-trapped-in-alternative-program/stories/201506300258?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editors-picks-news&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter 3 likely adverse disparate impact on students of color and students with disabilities. We would consider it a significant missed opportunity if the result of DOJ’s…

More

AEDY settlement agreement release 3-26-19 final

…language services to which they are legally entitled. “While we anticipate important and significant changes as a result of this settlement, the glaring problem is that this agreement does nothing…

More

ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015

…at http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit http://jjlp.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/vol-10-no-1/Truancy.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit 7 There was no evidence that these policies actually reduced truancy. In addition, most magistrate judges tell me that they believe fines…

More

Your Rights Religous Freedom 8.2017

…administrator or school principal about your concerns. • Look up your school policy. How is it supposed to be applied? Is it being applied differently in your case? • Keep…

More

ELC Public Testimony PPS 02-20-2017

…environment, especially at critical developmental stages. It’s little surprise that we continue to struggle to close the racial achievement gap when we look at how frequently young students of color…

More

SupportforSpecialEducationFunding2016v3

…of staff to support our students as well as deep cuts to critical resources and services that these students need to make educational progress. Relatedly, funding deficits in basic education…

More