Your Rights Immigrant EL 8.2017
…Home Language Survey when you enroll in school for the first time. This survey will identify your language needs so that the school can provide appropriate educational services. Your Right…
More…Home Language Survey when you enroll in school for the first time. This survey will identify your language needs so that the school can provide appropriate educational services. Your Right…
More…Home Language Survey when you enroll in school for the first time. This survey will identify your language needs so that the school can provide appropriate educational services. Your Right…
More…to appear in front of the Basic Education Funding Commission on behalf of the parents, students, and stakeholders we serve. The Education Law Center of Pennsylvania (ELC) has a long…
MoreMissed Opportunities] 6 Pa. Dep’t of Educ., Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness, (ECYEH) 2016-2017 State Evaluation Report, 27, 28 (Feb. 2018), https://www.education.pa.gov/Documents/K-12/Homeless%20Education/2016- 17%20Pennsylvania%20ECYEH%20State%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf. 7 National Center for Homeless…
More…Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership Center (PEAL) PARENT POWER Parents Exchange PEAC (Pennsylvania’s Education for All Coalition) Penn TASH Pittsburgh Local Task Force on…
More…to set goals, identify barriers, and brainstorm possible services in advance of the IEP meeting. Who Can Use this Toolkit? Anyone! Caseworkers, foster parents, biological parents, surrogate parents or Education…
More…students with low-incidence disabilities; • whether information is made available to families in a language that parents understand, including in languages other than English and in ways accessible to parents…
MoreMay 20, 2015 – Kristen A. Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Contending that Pennsylvania’s method of school funding is broken, lawyers representing a group of parents, school districts, and statewide…
MoreA federal class action lawsuit filed August 21, 2015 alleges that thousands of parents and their children are illegally denied the opportunity to participate in the special education process due…
MoreMay 20, 2015 – by Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Six school districts, seven parents and two statewide associations have taken to the state Supreme Court their case to force…
More…parents are taking another route to fight for increased funding for their schools: the courts. The Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (PILCP)…
More…their history and experiences. Today, there are organized national and local efforts threatening to undermine public schools, dividing parents and communities. These groups are banning books, banning the teaching of…
More…inflaming and dividing parents. They are banning books, banning the teaching of accurate history, and threatening teachers with lawsuits. They are trying to silence the voices of LGBTQ families and…
More…Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department of Homeland Security 500 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20536 Subject: DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002 – Public Comment Opposing Proposed Rule Dear Ms. Seguin, On…
More…of ELC’s work with and on behalf of thousands of families throughout Pennsylvania. 1. Educate All Students: The choice to attend a charter school belongs to parents and students, not…
MoreNov. 10, 2014 – By Adam Clark, Allentown Morning Call – Saying Pennsylvania’s new academic standards have given them legal might, six school districts and seven parents are suing the…
MoreThe return of the School District of Philadelphia to local control and the formation of a nine-member school board over the next few months present a unique opportunity…
MoreMay 15, 2016 – The Citizens’ Voice – by Michael P. Buffer A Wyoming Area School District teacher compared making accommodations for a special-needs student to appeasing Adolf…
MoreView Section 504 Factsheet to learn about what a parent can do if their child has a health problem that requires accommodations in school….
MoreAs a member of the Philadelphia Coalition of Special Education Advocates, the Education Law Center and other advocates filed an administrative complaint with the Pennsylvania Department of Education…
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