…include significant new investments supporting the education of students with disabilities. Today’s letter from ELC (attached) calls for a $400 million increase in state funding for basic education and a…

…to remain in the same school or to immediately enroll in a new school since 1987. The McKinney-Vento Act applies to all local education agencies (including charter schools) regardless of…

being eliminated, Denton Record Chronicle (June 2015) http://www.dentonrc.com/news/state/2015/06/20/criminal-truancy-courts-for-students-being-eliminated http://youthlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Truancy-Research.pdf. https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_All_FINAL_SinglePages.pdf http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/Counterproductive-and-Wasteful-Los-Angeles-daytime-curfew-report_FINAL.pdf. 4 • Confine a person in parental relation to a child who is habitually truant only as a last…

…and are translated, at minimum, in Spanish. – Accept new applications at all times of the year, regardless of the size of our wait list. – Refrain from discouraging the…

…the Education Law Center, released the following statement today in response to the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s proposed 2018‐19 state budget: The Pennsylvania General Assembly has sent Governor Tom Wolf a…

…Youth, and the Public Interest Law Center filed an amicus brief today in support of the Tamaqua Education Association’s challenge to the Tamaqua Area School District’s new policy to arm…

…a new formula for distributing any increases in the state’s basic education funding. This new formula did not, however, increase statewide education funding. Instead, the law expressly locked in the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 7, 2018 Contact: Paul Socolar, Education Law Center, 215-906-1250, [email protected] Barb Grimaldi, Public Interest Law Center, 267-546-1304, [email protected] In new school funding lawsuit filings, Governor…

Maura McInerney, Esq., AppointedMaura McInerney, Esq., Appointed ELC’ s ELC’ s New Legal DirectorNew Legal Director Dear Friends of ELC – -Dear Friends of ELC – – The Board and…

FOSTERING GRADUATION SUCCESS FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS 2019, S.B. 662 The Fostering Graduation Success for Vulnerable Students Bill, or S.B. 662, supports students experiencing education disruptions by ensuring access to timely…

…Due Process Manifestation Determination Truancy Policy Code Consequences Code Website Manifestation Determination Transparency Early Elementary Suspensions Certified Teachers Certified ESL Teachers Certified SPED Teachers Certified Instructional Leader Food Safety Health…

SRC testimony February 18, 2015 Re: Pending Charter Applications In December, I testified to the District that, when reviewing new charter school applications, the factors the District should consider cut…

…or to identify as a class member and receive monies for educational purposes contact: Jennifer Fox Rabold, Settlement Administrator Phone: 800-543-8921 Email:[email protected] McKeesport Settlement c/o Jennifer Fox Rabold Senior Counsel-Legal…

…case was carefully reviewed in its entirety. In special education due process hearings, there is a world of difference between what is technically admissible and what is truly necessary to…

…on his education. After years of struggling in school, Walter was making progress with full-time special education instruction and counseling as a related service due to his emotional dis-regulation and…