…that they underserve “vulnerable students.” http://thenotebook.org/december-2014/147977/state-needs-rational-fix-its-method-funding-charter-students-disabilities http://www.pccy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CharterRenewalDocsCombined1-2013.pdf http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/80533-beyond-failing-schools-the-difficulty-of-fairly-comparing-public-schools-on-an-uneven-playing-field?linktype=hp_impact What do we know about “performance?” 57.7 63.8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Average School Performance Profile Average SPPs for…

…An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations, 63(9) AM. PSYCHOL. 852, 854 (challenging common assumptions about exclusionary discipline, researchers found that excluding children who exhibit problematic behaviors from school did not deter…

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…opposing party. See, Comm. v. Williams, 532 Pa. 265, 284-286 (1992). Weight is based upon the persuasiveness of the evidence, not simply quantity. Comm. v. Walsh, 2013 Pa. Commw. Unpub….

…their education at community college.” Appellees’ Resp. to Stay Mot. 4 n.2. Though the complaint’s request for “supplemental educational services” as compensatory relief for the School District’s alleged violations (J.A….

…compensatory education to the Student to compensate for the District’s denial of the Guardian’s right to manfully participate in IEP meetings. The Guardian may decide how the hours of compensatory…

…1415(f)(3)(E)(ii)(II). Compensatory education is the remedy for substantive violations. Neither party presented evidence as to how much compensatory education is owed to the Student to compensate for the parental participation…

…is called a Notice of Recommended Educational Placement (“NOREP”). B. Factual Allegations The following factual allegations are taken from the Complaint: 1  T.R. and A.G. are students in the…

…highly charterized community examined below. 1 See, e.g., Bruce Baker, The Commonwealth Triple-Screw: Special Education Funding & Charter School Payments in Pennsylvania, School Finance 101 (June 5, 2012), http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special- education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania….

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Review, Petitioners did not challenge future events, but rather the state of affairs that was in place when they commenced this matter. 6. Since the time when Petitioners commenced this…