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….

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ELC Kicks Off New School Funding Campaign

…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…

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ELC_SchoolFunding_LawPolicy_11_6_13

…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….

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ELC_TrainingforSurrogateParents_9_24_13

…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…

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ELC_PrinciplesforCharterSchoolReform_9_20_12

…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,…

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tamaqua policy on guns

…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…

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PAFundingSuit_Executive_Summary

…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…

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ELC Comments re Flores Agreement Nov. 2018pdf

…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…

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