2015 40A Early Sponsor Packet Final

…students with disabilities in education; breaking down barriers for English language learners; and promoting access to education for children in residential placements. ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS Zero-tolerance policies, aggressive policing in…

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Ways to Give

Support the Education Law Center-PA today. Together, we can shape the future of public education. Advancing the Education Law Center-PA’s mission – to ensure every child in Pennsylvania has access…

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We are the counter force

…Law Center (h�p://www.jlc.org) http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/06/22/pa-guidelines-for-school-discipline-may-change http://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/ http://generocity.org/philly/2016/09/29/technology-criminal-records-expungement-clinics/ http://generocity.org/philly/2017/04/25/these-cuts-hurt-panel-budget-trump/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2016/10/how_did_pennsylvania_s_criminal_justice_system_fail_this_profoundly.html http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/2015/11/decision-points-disproportionate-pretrial-detention-of-blacks-and-latinos-drives-mass-incarceration/ http://generocity.org/philly/2016/09/29/reforming-justice-system-keir-bradford-grey/ http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/2017/02/pretrial-detention-costs-13-6-billion-year/ http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/opinion-and-essays/item/105966-op-ed-expungements-can-erase-the-stigma-that-haunts-people-of-color&Itemid=20&linktype=hp_opinionessays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX3a9hbQZNU&feature=youtu.be https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/quattronecenter/conference/springsymposium2016/risk-assessment-tools.php http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons/ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20161003_From_drugs_to_diplomas.html http://aldianews.com/articles/local/philadelphia/want-save-life-push-few-buttons/47305 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT8ta1tfWos https://www.cbsnews.com/news/friends-in-court-the-growing-impact-of-participatory-defense/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/a-replacement-for-overworked-public-defenders/532476/ https://thecrimereport.org/2017/06/13/will-justice-reform-survive-the-revival-of-tough-on-crime-policies/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/07/19/nine-lessons-about-criminal-justice-reform#.Ohu4ywCjO https://billypenn.com/2017/06/12/philly-slashed-its-jail-population-by-almost-20-percent-in-just-2-years/ http://www.philadefender.org/ https://clsphila.org/ http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.jlc.org/ 8/25/2017 ‘We are…

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

…Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 504”), schools reflexively refer students and their families to Truancy Court—resulting in additional lost instruction time. Not only is the referral to Truancy…

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budget press release 2019

…poverty, children of color, children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English learners, LGBTQ students, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information, visit elc-pa.org. https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Special-Education-Report-Online.pdf…

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18-09-19 Turzai Answer and New Matter

…over the past decade with the exception of 2009-10 and 2010-11 when temporary federal stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”) were used to supplant state funding….

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Panel: Pa needs to overhaul school funding

…greater account factors such as poverty and numbers of non-English-speaking students, in an effort to close the nation’s biggest spending gap between richer and poorer districts. The formula recommended by…

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Help Make PA Schools More Supportive of Immigrant, Refugee Families

…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…

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elc-statement-11-17-2016-1

…from discrimination based on immigration and/or English Language Learner status Students have the right to enroll in public school regardless of immigration or citizenship status. Students who are English Language…

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