…Hughes, State Sen. Art Haywood and a panel that included among others, the state auditor general, teacher’s union President Jerry Jordan and City Councilman Derek Green heard testimonies about the…
More…class action while litigation proceeds, expressly extend the injunction to cover similarly situated immigrant English Language Learners so they can attend McCaskey, and order the district to share with plaintiffs’…
More…is a decision for the Legislature, not the courts. “This is a legislative policy determination that has been solely committed to the General Assembly,” says the opinion, written by President…
More…due process hearing if ODR had no jurisdiction over ADA claims. Such a result would place parents in an awkward position: they would have to present ADA claims to hearing…
More…lawmakers lauded the Commonwealth Court’s ruling. Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson) said the opinion “validates our position that decisions regarding education funding are fully vested in the…
Moreand adults in residential care. ELC and Juvenile Law Center issued a joint statement supporting the governor’s action and highlighting the importance of reducing reliance on residential placements and providing a quality education…
More…to put a student in the same position they would be in if the school had provided appropriate special education and supports in the first place. Because of that, compensatory…
More…living facilities, residential treatment facilities, and hospitals—often have no adult in their lives to serve in this role. This can be true of youth in the delinquency system as well….
More…would have a negative education impact on students left behind in district schools. Quite simply, the case stands for the proposition that a mere loss of revenues, absent evidence that…
More…a “thorough and efficient” system of public education. The defendants on the other hand, according to Michael Churchill, of the Public Interest Law Center, “took the position that the political…
More…2015 08:10 PM Without immediate action, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday the Chester Upland School District will not be in a financial position to open its doors next month….
More…Monday the petitioners defended their position that the courts can and must examine claims that the state is failing its constitutional obligations to adequately fund “a thorough and efficient system…
More…May 7, 2018, hereby TAKES NO POSITION on the application for relief in the nature of a motion to dismiss for mootness filed December 27, 2017, by respondent the President…
More…TURZAI’S ANSWER IN OPPOSITION TO PETITIONERS’ APPLICATION TO SCHEDULE STATUS CONFERENCE AND SET SCHEDULE FOR DISCOVERY AND TRIAL Speaker of the House Michael C. Turzai (“Speaker Turzai”), by and through…
More…587 M.D. 2014 ________________________________________________________ RESPONSE TO PETITIONERS’ APPLICATION FOR RELIEF ________________________________________________________ Respondent the State Board of Education, through its undersigned counsel, hereby TAKES NO POSITION on the application for relief…
More…ensure that all Philadelphia schoolchildren can learn free from discrimination. We look forward to continuing to partner with you and to ensure that all Philadelphia schoolchildren have access to a…
More…being eliminated, Denton Record Chronicle (June 2015) http://www.dentonrc.com/news/state/2015/06/20/criminal-truancy-courts-for-students-being-eliminated http://youthlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Truancy-Research.pdf. https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_All_FINAL_SinglePages.pdf http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/Counterproductive-and-Wasteful-Los-Angeles-daytime-curfew-report_FINAL.pdf. 4 • Confine a person in parental relation to a child who is habitually truant only as a last…
More…Sch. Dist., 160 A.3d at 944- 45. The Court further stated that if the object, when looked at in a “vacuum,” is intended to inflict serious bodily harm, then the…
More…the case. Judge Robert Simpson wrote the court order, rejecting claims by Senate President Scarnati and House Speaker Turzai that a change in the school funding formula made the issues…
More…We look forward to proving our case at trial.” In the next stage of the case, the petitioners will need to address two remaining arguments put forward by legislative leaders…
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