…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…Some examples are unfair residency rules that impact children experiencing homelessness, refusals to include children with disabilities in the regular school program, the failure to address language barriers affecting immigrant…

…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)….

…quality public education. Our focus (here today) is not on the governance structure of public schools but on the students who attend them. We recognize that charter schools are legally…

…must be enacting a new system that provides adequate and fair funding for public schools. Our legislators must take politics out of school funding and distribute state funding to school…