…instead of something essential to the success of ELL students. Funding cuts often disproportionately impact school districts with the highest needs. For example, the School District of Philadelphia serves 25%…
MoreCharter Schools Target for District Schools 2011-2012 Proportions of Special Education Students Served in Public Schools in Chester-Upland (By Type of Disability) District Target Charter School Target 2011-2012 Proportions of…
Moreschools,” said Francisco Negron, chief legal officer for the National School Boards Association, “and turning every single complaint or claim into an assumption that it is a systemic issue is…
Moreto a “thorough and efficient” education, attorneys told a Commonwealth Court panel Wednesday. The plaintiffs in the case are six school districts, parents from five districts (including Philadelphia), the Pennsylvania…
Moretoward fixing Pennsylvania’s school funding system, which is the most inequitable in the nation, according to federal data. The state’s poorest school districts get one-third fewer state and local tax…
MorePublic Source quotes ELC Attorney Cheryl Kleiman on whether or not arming school personnel increases school safety. Read more….
MoreDecember 17, 2018 Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors 341 S. Bellefield Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 The Education Law Center’s Statement in Support of Pittsburgh Public Schools Policy 1012.1: Engagement…
MoreIn many ways, the District is already on that path – with community schools and the new suspension policy. We must stay focused on ending the disproportionate school removal, pushout,…
Morefrom Easton Area High School because they lived with their parents in a camper outside the district. “The federal McKinney-Vento Act requires school districts to continue to educate students experiencing…
More…efficient. (Read more) * * * Six school districts, two statewide organization, and four parents are the petitioners who filed the lawsuit. But as shown on the map below, school…
More2012-2013 school year, fewer than half of the state’s students were able to pass the Keystone graduation exams and three-quarters of school districts operated one or more schools that could…
MoreThe Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia filed suit in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on November 10, 2014 on behalf of six school districts,…
More… The plaintiffs, which include six school districts and two statewide organizations, filed an appeal yesterday challenging a Commonwealth Court decision last month to dismiss the suit, claiming that school…
More…Department of Education that is being heard by the state’s highest court. “Poorer districts have less ability to raise money for their schools, and, at the same time, have a…
Morefact that 75 percent of school districts have been forced to cut academic programs, and 70 percent of districts have increased class sizes. Reversing those cuts and setting schools and…
MorePennsylvania lawmakers is working to propose a fair-funding formula that would likely provide poorer school districts with a higher percentage of state aid and reduce funding to wealthier districts. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150422_Commonwealth_Court_dismisses_school-funding_lawsuit.html#oLJoAGAH8KUEuRi3.99…
Morekeep guns out of educational settings, a state lawmaker now wants to reverse course. He wants to give school districts the option of allowing their teachers, principals and other school…
MoreELC was invited to provide testimony in October 2018 regarding the high school selection process to the Student Achievement and Supports Committee of the Board of Education for the School…
MoreSchool boards play a pivotal role in shaping the education that public school students receive. School boards are accountable to the residents of the district they serve and who elected…
Moreevidence demonstrating that Ms. Whitaker and her children resided in the District, the school board expelled the children from school – leaving them with nowhere to turn. Their mother filed…
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