Federal Education Law Delivers Vital Protections for Foster Youth
…provides an opportunity — and a responsibility — for states to begin narrowing this gap. Removed from their families due to abuse or neglect, many foster youth are forced to…
More…provides an opportunity — and a responsibility — for states to begin narrowing this gap. Removed from their families due to abuse or neglect, many foster youth are forced to…
MoreJan. 18, 2015 – By Angie Mason, York Daily Record – With the appointment of a York City School District receiver put on hold, many are now looking at how…
More…children is meaningless and unenforceable. The Executive Branch and the Legislature have ignored these rights for too long and we look forward to presenting this case to the Court,” continued…
More…basic education funding to be distributed through the basic education formula; • Increase early childhood funding so that at least 10,000 additional eligible three- and four-year-old children can attend high-quality…
More…Sch. Dist., 160 A.3d at 944- 45. The Court further stated that if the object, when looked at in a “vacuum,” is intended to inflict serious bodily harm, then the…
More…recognized, our challenge to the inadequacy and inequity of Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system will persist. We look forward to presenting our case at trial.” The petitioners’ brief responding to…
More…behalf of educationally at-risk students, including children living in poverty, children of color, children with disabilities, English Language Learners, children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and students…
More…their ZIP code. We look forward to presenting our case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on September 13, 2016.” ### The Education Law Center-PA (“ELC”) is a non-profit, legal advocacy…
More…We look forward to proving our case at trial.” In the next stage of the case, the petitioners will need to address two remaining arguments put forward by legislative leaders…
More…foster care and juvenile justice systems, English language learners, and children experiencing homelessness Over its 40-year history, ELC has handled hundreds of individual cases involving truancy and listened to concerns…
More…originally-proposed ‘Eileen’s Law,’ which eliminated any possibility of jail for truancy and kept fines at bay,” said Alex Dutton an Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellow at the Education Law…
MoreParticipating is as easy as 1, 2, 3! 1. Click HERE or Google “Find Your Legislator PA” to look up your legislators’ contact info. Write their info below: Representative: Senator:…
More…e.g. Maura McInerney & Alex Dutton, ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students with Disabilities, The Legal Intelligencer (Dec. 26, 2017, 2:45 PM), https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to- protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304…
More…ELC Staff Attorney Alex Dutton. “We look forward to working with the District to attempt to resolve the individual and systemic concerns raised in the Complaint to the benefit of…
MoreThis fact sheet provides an outline of the rights of English learners (ELs) and/or families of students with limited English proficiency. Please note – this document is available in Spanish…
More…to the fact that they don’t understand or speak English. The complaint alleges that the School District of Philadelphia refuses to sufficiently interpret or provide parents with translated documents in…
More…unity of the family whenever possible” and “[a]void . . . the possible entry of a child to foster care and other unintended consequences of disruption of an intact family…
More…— children living in poverty, children of color, children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English Language Learners, and those experiencing homelessness. With forty years…
More…disabilities and appropriate supports for English learners. In the letter (news release here), advocates express grave concern that children, particularly children with disabilities, English learners, and children living in poverty,…
More…– children living in poverty, children of color, children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, children experiencing homelessness, English learners, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming students. We…
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