Charter School Equity Pledge – ELC Jan 2016
…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…
More…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…
MoreFunding Campaign. 10-6-2014. October 2014 Newsletter: ELC Kicks Off New School Funding Campaign. Release: ELC Joins New School Funding Campaign. 8-28-2014. August 2014 Newsletter: ELC Joins New School Funding Campaign….
More…Philadelphia office had a staff of just three but harbored the same big ambitions in education advocacy as its parent, the New Jersey-based Education Law Center, Inc., in Newark, N.J.,…
MoreSRC 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…
MoreFOR 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…
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…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…
More…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…
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…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…
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…
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…country – and the world – at one time. The suit maintains that youth housed at Glen Mills suffered at the hands of Glen Mills leadership and staff. Instead of…
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…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…
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…
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