Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance
control how we interact with them.” The national mania for arresting students follows the trajectory of our national mania for incarceration that has finally started to wane, with bipartisan talk…
Morecontrol how we interact with them.” The national mania for arresting students follows the trajectory of our national mania for incarceration that has finally started to wane, with bipartisan talk…
Moreproceedings, to show that the District has adopted a non-translation policy. Plaintiffs also have alleged ample facts to demonstrate that the District is aware that the translation and interpretation needs…
Moreabout accommodations in respect to the testing itself and what will the environment look like for that student. There are many different types of accommodations. Many students with disabilities get…
MoreSave 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…
Moreguarantees in the 13 constitutional text. The Washington Supreme Court, for example, noted that standards can offer “substantive content to … the broad educational concepts” contained in the constitution’s provisions….
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…
Moreto victims, court costs associated with the prosecution of crime, the costs of incarceration (infrastructure, staff, housing and food, counseling, prisoner education programs), the indirect economic costs associated with productivity…
Morefindings of a hired contractor into constitutional mandates, apparently on the ground that the Legislature authorized both the regulations and the contract. But no amount of legerdemain can accomplish this…
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…
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