…%20Academic%20and%20Social%20Outcomes.pdf ; Teen Pregnancy’s High Cost, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2012 at http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-30/news/33477284_1_teen-mothers-teen-pregnancy-rate-teen-births 4 ELC has specific comprehensive recommendations to improve educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting students which were developed…
MoreNov. 15, 2014 – Editorial, Delaware County Daily Times – It is an unfair, unlevel playing field. That’s not especially new. Even outgoing Gov. Tom Corbett, who became the poster…
MoreNov. 11, 2014 – By Robert Swift, Scranton Times-Tribune – A Wilkes-Barre mother joined school districts and advocacy groups Monday in a lawsuit calling for an end to sharp inequities…
More15 cyber charters already operating in the state, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit called for a one-year moratorium on new ones. Cyber charters enroll 35,000 students statewide. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-23/news/44368264_1_regular-charter-schools-cyber-dorothy-june-brown…
MoreHe is proposing a plan that would drastically reduce the amount the district pays for charter special education students. By Kevin McCorry of NewsWorks and Dale Mezzacappa on Aug 18,…
MoreA new report by the Education Law Center, citing widespread noncompliance by charter schools with civil rights protections for students, urges Philadelphia’s Board of Education to monitor the city’s charter…
MoreMar. 8, 2016 – PennsylvaniaWatchdog.org – By Evan Grossman One of the largest school districts in Pennsylvania is on the verge of running out of money. Unable to cut much…
MoreThe Education Law Center applauds Pittsburgh Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia for protecting the rights of transgender students with new policies enacted this month. The two largest…
More…education agencies must designate “Points of Contact” to support students in care. This factsheet details how these new protections are being implemented in Pennsylvania. For more information on ESSA, consult…
More…(FSHEA). Passage of these new bills will mean that youth who are homeless and those who are from the foster care system will be able to enroll, afford, and graduate…
More…the District’s efforts to develop this new policy with the input of many community stakeholders who have worked towards a common goal of ensuring culturally and linguistically appropriate planned instructional…
More…compromise state budget agreement that provides modest but needed new funding for Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren. The bill includes $100 million more for basic education funding, an increase of 1.7 percent. It…
More…25 percent of the new money recommended in the Governor’s budget for basic education and only 20 percent of new money recommended for special education. “This is a woefully inadequate…
More…a new formula for distributing any increases in the state’s basic education funding. This new formula did not, however, increase statewide education funding. Instead, the law expressly locked in the…
Morethey were meeting those standards, according to the attorneys in the new lawsuit. Two key factors have changed since that ruling, attorneys for the plaintiffs said. First, a costing-out study…
More…laws and the school district has now adopted new policies and procedures in response to the state’s ruling requiring a corrective action plan. Children living in residential settings cannot be…
More…Youth, and the Public Interest Law Center filed an amicus brief today in support of the Tamaqua Education Association’s challenge to the Tamaqua Area School District’s new policy to arm…
More…Court ruled that the student qualified as homeless pursuant to Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (“McKinney-Vento Act” or “the Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2) and § 11434(g)(3)(A)(i)….
More…Date, a new Presumptive Exit Date period begins. All new Presumptive Exit Dates will be within 45 days of the prior Presumptive Exit Date. Pending development and implementation of the…
More…The trial court issued its ruling and explanation of its ruling from the bench. See Pl. Br. App’x A. In its ruling, the court held that, under controlling Supreme Court…
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