…Protection Clause. 4 After hearing argument, this Court overruled, without prejudice, the preliminary objections regarding the nature of the constitutional rights at issue and the level of scrutiny to be…
MoreMaura 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…
MoreFOSTERING 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…
More…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…
More…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…
More…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…
More…little explanation during the Corbett administration. Without a formula, politics often drives how the dollars are doled out. Deep cuts in education spending during the Corbett years, for instance, hit…
More…new special education dollars to ensure that children with disabilities receive the high quality inclusive education they need and to which they are legally entitled. A 2009 study showed that…
Morethe educational needs of children and youth in residential placements. Many of our clients’ stories are heartbreaking. We have been fortunate to intervene in many cases to support youth in…
More…receive an appropriate and adequate program of language instruction, including assignment to the International School if appropriate, ESL instruction, modifications in the delivery of instruction and testing to facilitate their…
More…LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Brad M. Elias (pro hac vice) O’Melveny & Myers, LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 326-2000 Counsel for…
More…legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, which filed the suit along with the Education Law Center and others. Read the rest of the article in the New York Times….
More…%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf ; Teen Pregnancy’s High Cost, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2012 at http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-30/news/33477284_1_teen-mothers-teen-pregnancy-rate-teen-births 4 ELC has specific comprehensive recommendations to improve educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting students which were developed…
MoreDepression and Suicide in Transgender Youths, UT NEWS (Mar. 20, 2018), https://news.utexas.edu/2018/03/30/name-use-matters-for-transgender-youths-mental-health/ (reporting transgender youth whose pronouns and names are respected have depression and suicidality rates that are much lower…
MoreNov. 11, 2014 – By Robert Swift, Scranton Times-Tribune – A Wilkes-Barre mother joined school districts and advocacy groups Monday in a lawsuit calling for an end to sharp inequities…
MoreNov. 15, 2014 – Editorial, Delaware County Daily Times – It is an unfair, unlevel playing field. That’s not especially new. Even outgoing Gov. Tom Corbett, who became the poster…
More15 cyber charters already operating in the state, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit called for a one-year moratorium on new ones. Cyber charters enroll 35,000 students statewide. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-23/news/44368264_1_regular-charter-schools-cyber-dorothy-june-brown…
MoreA new report by the Education Law Center, citing widespread noncompliance by charter schools with civil rights protections for students, urges Philadelphia’s Board of Education to monitor the city’s charter…
MoreHe is proposing a plan that would drastically reduce the amount the district pays for charter special education students. By Kevin McCorry of NewsWorks and Dale Mezzacappa on Aug 18,…
Morethey were meeting those standards, according to the attorneys in the new lawsuit. Two key factors have changed since that ruling, attorneys for the plaintiffs said. First, a costing-out study…
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