ELC Public Testimony PPS 02-20-2017
…the next school year, ELC urges you to take steps now to prohibit the use of exclusionary discipline, including suspensions and expulsions, for any student from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade….
More…the next school year, ELC urges you to take steps now to prohibit the use of exclusionary discipline, including suspensions and expulsions, for any student from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade….
More…the early elementary grades even further. We look forward to partnering with the District and the SRC to help it follow through on its stated commitment to end this harmful…
More…of Pennsylvania’s children have access to quality public schools, including poor children, children of color, children with disabilities, children in the foster care system, English Language learners, and other at-risk…
More…strategies for review hearings The LEA where the Facility is Located is Responsible This LEA is responsible under the IDEA for all eligible or potentially eligible students in the…
More…the state will spend on public education, how the money will be distributed among the state’s school districts, and what programs and services the money will be used to support….
More…Education (IEP) � Eligibility (2-part test) Important Definitions Important Definitions Special Education Eligibility Different Eligibility � Under Section 504 /Chapter 15 Timeframe for Evaluations for � Special Education Services Evaluations…
More…succeed. The most vulnerable students include minority students, students with disabilities, students in foster care, students experiencing homelessness, students living in poverty, students for whom English is a second language,…
More…to the School District of Philadelphia schools. “In general, we found that brick and mortar charter schools in Philadelphia are underserving students with severe disabilities, English language learners, and students…
More…with disabilities, while emphasizing greater protections and supports for English language learners, LGBTQ students, and parenting students. The PPS School Board adopted the changes at its meeting on Aug. 4,…
More…including children living in poverty, children of color, children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English learners, LGBTQ students, and children experiencing homelessness. For more…
More…additional funding, totaling $4.4 billion. In response, the General Assembly approved a bill that established funding targets for each school district and a formula for distributing education funds in a…
MoreThis federal Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaint upheld the educational and civil rights of English language learners who were assigned to “disciplinary schools.”
MoreThis OCR complaint enforced the rights of English language learners to access the full range of public education programs and services and supports, including special education and appropriate school discipline…
More…high school programs which includes different application review process and waiver of certain testing on a case-by-case basis; resolution of School Reform Commission extends this entitlement to English Language Learners….
More…often most costly, students – poor children, children of color, children with disabilities, English language learners “ELLs”, children who are homeless or in foster care, and LGBTQ students. Our strategies…
More…https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/flores_settlement_final_plus_extension_of_settlement011797.pdf 3 ELC implores you to defend and implement in full the Flores Agreement. Immigrant children should be released from immigration detention as quickly as possible. Immigrant children are uniquely…
More…It didn’t work. Commonwealth Court rejected the suit, and the state Supreme Court in 1999 refused to hear an appeal. Now school funding advocates are looking for a rematch. A…
More…constitutionally inadequate.” [Petition at ¶ 92]. 62. It would be virtually impossible to draft a clearer example of a goal that is not susceptible to judicial management. How could a…
Moremany students don’t have to imagine learning in a school without a library or librarian; it is their reality. Funding for school libraries and for school librarians can be among…
More…and localities supply the biggest share of education dollars – about 87 percent on average. But is that money distributed fairly to the students who need it most? School districts…
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