SB 621 Stakeholder Memo – 6-21-19
…to Senate Bill 621, a dangerous expansion to the armed presence of security personnel in school that has been recently amended for the worse. The bill has already passed the…
More…to Senate Bill 621, a dangerous expansion to the armed presence of security personnel in school that has been recently amended for the worse. The bill has already passed the…
More…loss of federal funds hung over the heads of states and districts if appropriate actions weren’t taken The ultimate goal was 100 percent proficiency by 2014. According to the National…
More…Philadelphia as well as schools in rural areas and in smaller school districts with smaller tax bases, scrambling to raise money from property taxes. Read the full story online. …
More…commission for addressing the continued state underfunding of education. Over the past decade, the state’s contribution to special education costs has dropped from a one-third share to just 22%. The…
MoreFeb. 22, 2017 The Education Law Center released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of federal Title IX guidance: The Trump Administration’s withdrawal of 2016 guidance…
More…Today there are organized national and local efforts targeting Black, Brown and LGBTQ students, erasing those populations from the curriculum and programs. These efforts threaten to undermine public schools by…
More…Local advocates and civil rights leaders are preparing to be more watchful in response to the decision under the Trump administration to scale back the U.S. Department of Education’s investigations…
MoreDecember 21, 2023 – A state administrative complaint filed today by the Education Law Center claims that school-age youths with disabilities at the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) are not receiving…
More…Protection Clause. 4 After hearing argument, this Court overruled, without prejudice, the preliminary objections regarding the nature of the constitutional rights at issue and the level of scrutiny to be…
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…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….
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….
MoreThe state must promptly find ways to provide additional support to the struggling, underfunded school districts whose students have been hardest hit by this crisis. Read the full statement here….
More…2013 complaint challenging discriminatory practices in the state’s disciplinary “alternative education” programs. Read ELC’s full news release here. The programs covered by the agreement are known as Alternative Education for…
More…step in the right direction, it in no way solves underlying problems. Students aren’t being given a fair opportunity to succeed, they rightly point out. Read the full story: http://cumberlink.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-view-fix-state-s-broken-education-system/article_899ffe28-0c41-11e3-b666-0019bb2963f4.html…
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….
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….
MorePublic News Source quotes ELC Legal Fellow Sean McGrath on the availability of early intervention services in the state of Pennsylvania. Read more here….
More…to reject remaining preliminary objections and a motion to dismiss asserted by the legislature so that the case can proceed directly and promptly to trial. Read the News Release here….
More…so critical that the PHRA is available as a tool to root out discriminatory pervasive bullying.” Read the news release here and the brief here. …
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