School Funding Trial Has Concluded
…A column about the case by our executive director: On school funding, Pennsylvania is not doing its job. That’s why we’re in court. Opinion (PennLive/Patriot News) By Deborah Gordon Klehr…
More…A column about the case by our executive director: On school funding, Pennsylvania is not doing its job. That’s why we’re in court. Opinion (PennLive/Patriot News) By Deborah Gordon Klehr…
MoreMay 16, 2014 – by William Bender and Solomon Leach, Philadelphia Daily News – Fifth-graders have been sent to kindergarten. An eighth-grader was banished to first grade. Draconian “behavior contracts”…
More…color. Her testimony urged the General Assembly to increase funding for classroom instruction and target state increases to chronically underfunded communities. Read her testimony here and a news article here….
More…for basic education and a $100 million increase in special education funding, to be distributed to districts through the existing funding formulas. Read our letter, press release, and news coverage….
MoreOct. 20, 2016 – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – by Bill Hangley, Jr. This year brought some good news for Katie Christ. “I finally got textbooks!” That’s a welcome…
More…to seek dismissal based on mootness, they fail to dispute in any way the growing disparities between high-wealth and low-wealth districts. Read more in this August 7, 2018, News Release….
More…in 2024 to strengthen protections for students. The 2024 rule clarifies that Title IX prohibits discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics; reaffirms the rights…
MoreNewsletter: Back-to-School 2017 ELC Newsletter: July 2017 ELC Newsletter: June 2017 ELC Newsletter: May 2017 ELC Newsletter: April 2017 ELC Newsletter: March 2017 ELC Newsletter: February 2017 ELC Newsletter: January…
MoreMay 23, 2014 – Philadelphia Daily News Editorial – The death of any child is a tragedy. The death of two children who fell ill while at school is unspeakable….
More…General Assembly. In November, six school districts, parents of schoolchildren, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the state conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit asking the…
MoreMarch 11, 2015 – by Jan Murphy, Patriot News – Saying just turning on the lights and keeping the school doors open falls short of the Legislature’s constitutional obligation of…
MoreMarch 11, 2015 – by Kara Newhouse, LancasterOnline – As long as public schools are open and running, the state Legislature is meeting its constitutional obligation, argued legal representatives for…
More…teacher. Parent volunteer Aurelia Carter-Scott received a family support award. Nancy Hubley, manager director of the Western Pennsylvania office of the Education Law Center, received a community champion award. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2015/03/25/Pittsburgh-schools-honor-those-who-help-students-with-disabilities/stories/201503250227…
More…truancy issues, that may arise. You may also contact the Education Law Center directly by following instructions available here. You can learn more about ELC’s mission here. Parent Resources The…
More…plaintiffs in a federal class action lawsuit alleging that thousands of similarly situated families were denied the opportunity to fully participate in the special education process on behalf of their…
MoreDelco News Network quotes ELC Legal Director Maura McInerney in an article on Governor Wolf and Senator Joe Scarnati’s opposing briefs on the legal status of ELC’s school funding lawsuit….
More…District would receive 18.9 percent, or about $75 million, of that new funding, said the advocates, who held a news conference in front of the district’s North Broad Street headquarters….
MorePublic News Source quotes ELC Legal Fellow Sean McGrath on the availability of early intervention services in the state of Pennsylvania. Read more here….
MoreOn Feb. 7, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer issued her ruling in the Pennsylvania school funding case. The Education Law Center-PA and the Public Interest Law Center, who represent petitioners in the…
MoreOn Feb. 7, 2023, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer issued a historic ruling in the Pennsylvania school funding case, declaring the PA school funding system unconstitutional. “All witnesses agree that every child…
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