Save the date! March 9, 2016: 6–8 p.m. Monique W. Morris, cofounder of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute and author of Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools,…
MoreAs part of ELC’s continued work to create positive school climates, a second conversation with Dr. Morris will be hosted in Philadelphia on April 4th. The roundtable will focus on…
Moreineffective school discipline policies, too often push youth into the system. Not only are these youth chronically behind in school, but a woeful two out of three drop out of…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) filed comments strongly opposing the Department of Education’s (DOE) proposed rules regarding Title IX investigations. The proposed rules would protect schools from liability at the…
Morestudent-weighted formula. In terms of largest percentage boost compared to the prior year, wealthier districts that have seen population growth were the biggest winners. The top three were Conestoga Valley…
MoreEqual Education Opportunity Act (“EEOA”). One student who wants to go to school, and has provided sufficient documentation to obtain enrollment, is still not enrolled. That violates Pennsylvania law. And…
Moreschool diploma or its equivalent—an essential reform that will sharply limit the collateral consequences that such convictions have on youth as they age into adulthood. Importantly, the legislation provides local…
Moreadoption of a fair funding formula to equitably distribute new educational investments to the districts and students who need help the most. We will continue to work with the Governor…
Moredisappointed in the failure of the Trump Administration to affirm Title IX’s protections, ELC continues to stand with our transgender students and encourages all schools to join the growing number…
Morefor too long, to the great detriment of our children,” said Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center. “New investments in state education aid over the past…
Morewrote anonymously in a school-climate survey that the teachers’ union, the Cheltenham Educators’ Association, delivered to high school and district administrators in February. “If teachers try to discipline them for…
Moreit is all but inevitable that the obligation to support and maintain a ‘thorough and efficient system of public education’ will jostle on equal terms with non-constitutional considerations that the…
Morelocal tax revenue on public education, then the Commonwealth’s “contribution rate” would increase without the Commonwealth contributing any additional funds and without benefit to any student or school district. 34…
Morehome all year long (not just during the school year); and ► The non-parent submits a sworn statement (at the district’s request) to the School Board stating the first two…
Moretruly revolutionary advancements in assistive technology, including touch-to-speak devices that have changed the world for children like Billy, must be available to all our children in all our schools. http://thenotebook.org/april-2015/158392/assistive-technology-needed-tool-city%E2%80%99s-resource-starved-schools…
Morein the formula for 2015-‐16. Charter Schools: Districts paying tuition to charter schools should be weighted to offset stranded and other mandated costs associated with operating parallel systems of public…
Moreavenues of relief outside of the court system—from reporting it to administrators, to their school districts, to 2 While the Commonwealth Court decided the matter on the issue of minority…
Moreas education advocates, to express our support for the Eastern Lancaster County School District’s (Elanco’s) current practice of allowing transgender students access to the facilities with which they identify. This…
MoreThis two-page flier announcing the upcoming trial in the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit also provides a rundown of the history of the case, what the goals are, and how individuals…
MoreThe Education Law Center has a long-standing commitment to using data and evidence-based practices to improve educational outcomes for at-risk students. As a co-founder of the national Legal Center for…
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