In a January 25 court filing, Governor Wolf, on behalf of Pennsylvania’s Executive Branch, dropped all previous objections and requested that the Commonwealth Court move our fair funding case forward….
More…disabilities. This case is pending in federal court. These cases highlight the important nexus between civil rights laws requiring school districts to eliminate language barriers for English learners and ensure…
More…to provide sufficient interpretation services during IEP meetings. The federal court recently ruled that this case will move forward. We want to work with the District to address this critical…
More…programs which includes different application review process and waiver of certain testing on a case-by-case basis. By board resolution of the School Reform Commission, this process is also applicable to…
More…1. In the Application, Petitioners ask the Court to hold a status conference to set a discovery and trial schedule for this case. 2. Senator Scarnati agrees that the Court…
More…in some cases, the District failed to respond to parents’ complaints about bullying for months and even years. In one case, a third-grade child with disabilities was kicked and punched…
MoreELC recently won a case that clarifies for the first time the responsibility of the PA Department of Education to provide transportation to children who are eligible for early intervention…
More…the Fund Our Schools PA website, a joint project of the Education Law Center and our co-counsel, the Public Interest Law Center. For case documents, go to our Cases page….
More…Now. ………………………………………………………………………………..26 VII.The Court’s Ruling Will Have a Significant Impact on Amici. …………………..27 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………………….27 ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)………………………………………..5 Marrero by…
More…suspensions or transfers, and its focus is the best outcome for each individual case. Many of the cases are assigned geographically, so Penn Law students would take cases from around…
More…three states, new accountability models were paired with additional resources – including billions in federal recovery aid for education and learning facilities in the case of Louisiana, and a decade…
More…CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………………………………………..16 ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 493 (1954)…………………………………… 4 Wilkinsburg Educ. Ass’n. v. Sch. Dist. of Wilkinsburg & Bd. of Sch….
More…access to a high-quality public education. The case is scheduled to go to trial in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in October 2021. Here are answers to common questions about the case….
More…high school programs which includes different application review process and waiver of certain testing on a case-by-case basis; resolution of School Reform Commission extends this entitlement to English Language Learners….
More…the school year. The District refused these requests. 24. Counsel for plaintiffs only recently became involved in this case but explained our intent to file a lawsuit to counsel representing…
More…T.P. v. McKeesport Area School District, Case No. GD-10- 019236. Did you live at the Auberle Group Home at any time from October 14, 2008 to January 1, 2011? …
MoreThis case, filed in February 2011, involves an issue of first impression in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the meaning of the IDEA’s requirement that the special education…
More…The 1997 decision in the case of Flores v. Reno required that children be reunited with their family members without delay, protecting them from being indefinitely held in detention. Currently,…
MoreOn Feb. 7, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer issued her ruling in the Pennsylvania school funding case. The Education Law Center-PA and the Public Interest Law Center, who represent petitioners in the…
MoreThis case affirms the limits of the weapons possession statute, commonly referred to as “Act 26.” The Court agreed with the Education Law Center’s attorneys who argued that Pennsylvania law…
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