Lee, Esquire PA Attorney ID No. 86239 One Logan Square 130 North 18th Street Philadelphia PA 19103 (215) 569-5500 (215) 569-5555 (fax) lewis@blankrome.com slee@blankrome.com Date: September 21, 2018 mailto:lewis@blankrome.com mailto:slee@blankrome.com…
Moreeducation documents are not translated and interpreters do not provide comprehensive interpretation services to develop the IEPs. Relatedly, we must work to eliminate the myth that EL students need to…
More…selected to ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to the full range of public education programs with the supports and services they need to succeed. http://www.elc-pa.org/ Public Comments…
More…right to vote. For more information visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr. Contact: Barb Grimaldi, Public Interest Law Center, 267-546-1304, [email protected] Anthony Campisi, Education Law Center, 215-735-6760 anthony@ceislermedia.com …
Morein the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English language learners, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information, visit http://www.elc-pa.org or follow @edlawcenterpa on Twitter. http://www.elc-pa.org/ http://www.twitter.com/edlawcenterpa…
MoreEducation Law Center | www.elc-pa.org | facebook.com/educationlawcenter | @edlawcenterpa EDUCATION LAW CENTER’S STATEMENT OF STUDENT RIGHTS November 2016 The Education Law Center-PA (ELC) is deeply concerned by ongoing racist, homophobic,…
More…1, 2016 and not be age-eligible for kindergarten. Families must meet Head Start or Pre-K Counts income guidelines. Children and parents/legal guardians must be residents of Philadelphia PA. http://www.philasd.org/prek http://www.philasd.org/translation…
Moreaccess to and quality services in our schools. We greatly appreciate the school staff that have committed to valuable child-serving partnerships with our organizations and advocates. There is more that…
More…foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English learners, LGBTQ students, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information, visit elc-pa.org or follow on Twitter @edlawcenterpa. https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ELC_Oppose_SB383-1.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993409/ http://www.elc-pa.org/…
More…parents. For both named students, the Bureau ordered the immediate assignment of surrogate parents and awarded compensatory education services. “The state’s action in this matter represents vital progress for unaccompanied…
Moredisabilities, English language learners, and LGBTQ students. Over its more than forty-year history, ELC has helped thousands of individual immigrant children to obtain the educational services they desperately need to…
More…receiving treatment and services, as required by the Pennsylvania Juvenile Act, plaintiffs claim that they were subjected to extreme and sustained physical and psychological abuse and deprived of an education….
More…The General Assembly’s Special Education Funding Commission, which spent months traveling the state gathering testimony from school officials, researchers, and advocates on special education costs, services and best practices, developed…
Moreand state law require transition planning for every child beginning at age 14, including requiring school districts to provide every child with a disability with comprehensive services that will help…
More…for her educational goals through the coming year. Before she began receiving services, however, she had to transfer back into a public school in the district, which decided to conduct…
MoreBefore a child can begin receiving special education services, the child must be evaluated to determine if the child is eligible for these services. The evaluation helps determine if the…
Moreensure timely evaluations, and provide necessary compensatory education services to individual students impacted. These reforms will ensure that children with disabilities receive the services they need in a timely manner….
Moreand state law require transition planning for every child beginning at age 14, including requiring school districts to provide every child with a disability with comprehensive services that will help…
More2017). The Commonwealth Court’s May 7, 2018 Order sets forth the process for resolving those issues. Permitting additional discovery before this process has been completed would be contrary to both…
Morewho are eligible to receive, special education and early intervention services are disproportionately pushed out of early learning programs. The Resolution calls for OCDEL to address race and disability as…
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