AEDY settlement agreement release 3-26-19 final

…ELC executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr. “The Education Law Center will be working with parents, students, and other stakeholders to ensure that the detailed remedies are implemented promptly and with…

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November 2018 PHL School Board Testimony (Final)

…THE NOTEBOOK, July 19, 2018, available at https://thenotebook.org/articles/2018/07/19/franklin-towne-accused-of-discriminating-against- special-needs-student/. 3 Alex M. Dutton, et al., Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Charter Sector: Segregation by Disability, EDUCATION LAW CENTER (February 2017), available at…

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Suspensions in Pennsylvania: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides information for parents and guardians on the rules and procedures for student suspensions in all public schools, including charter schools, in Pennsylvania. A suspension is an…

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2018.07.11 RE-FILED Nicole B. Commw. Court Brief

…properly belongs in this Court or the Commonwealth Court. Defendants note, however, that the Judicial Code provides that the Commonwealth Court has jurisdiction in cases involving statutes “regulating the affairs…

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ELC Opposition to Policy 805 FINAL

…https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16-2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LGBTQ_brief_FINAL.pdf students in a school.12 There is also a close correlation between the socioeconomic status/class of students and the use of metal…

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ELC_Oppose_SB383-FullSen-Update

…media, and increased efforts to limit inappropriate access to guns. Available at http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13- OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012- 2_pm_ET.pdf. mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming_teachers.html http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://www.repgrove.com/Display/SiteFiles/103/OtherDocuments/SelectCommitteeSchoolSafetyFinalReport.pdf.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us/resources/documents/ftp/publications/2016-10-27%20Final%20REPORT%20for%20WEBSITE%20updated%2011.16.16%20%20WB.pdf http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/2016/09/12/teacher-resigns-after-child-finds-her-loaded-gun-school/90280916/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teacher-shooting-utah-idUSKBN0H62HL20140911 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/schools-seeking-to-arm-employees-hit-hurdle-on-insurance.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Updated_Lists_1-8-13-OFFICIAL_FOR_DISSEMINATION-Connecticut_School_Shooting_Position_Statement_12-19-2012-2_pm_ET.pdf…

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School Immunization Requirements in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s immunization regulations require parents or guardians of students enrolled in grades K-12 to have their children immunized against various diseases in order to protect the…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_LegislativeBranch_PreliminaryObjections

…11. Petitioners are: (1) certain Pennsylvania public school districts who believe they are underfunded; (2) individual parents or guardians of children currently attending public schools within the Commonwealth; and (3)…

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Turzai Brief

…political questions. Nonetheless, the Supreme Court noted that it was not resolving the legal arguments asserted in Respondents’ other preliminary objections, which “remain salient upon remand[.]” William Penn II, 170…

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wmpenn_v_pde_brief_execbranch_respondents_po_1_16_15

…the statutory scheme for funding K-12 education in Pennsylvania violates the state Constitution. Petitioners are six school districts, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, several parents of school-…

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Rights of ELLs March 172014 Revised

…of students or their families.3 • Students enrolling for the first time must complete a Home Language Survey to identify needs. Right to Be Free From Bullying & Harassment in…

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Op/Ed: Lessons from Coatesville

…and discriminatory statements in text messages and email exchanges about students with disabilities. According to parents and advocates, though, the emails and text messages were simply the electronic manifestation of…

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Your Rights Disability 8.2017

…harassed, you or your parents tell a school official or officials who has the authority to intervene (a dean, principal, or superintendent). Once a school knows that you are being…

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