…access to safe, welcoming schools in their communities. As the only statewide organization solely dedicated to ensuring these children’s access to a quality public education, the Education Law Center urges…
MoreCommunity Legal Services after serving as its executive director for 20 years. “Just in the last few days, I’ve seen probably three ads around the country.” Carr attributed the increase…
More…and services our children need to have an opportunity to learn —class sizes have grown, counselors and nurses reduced, libraries closed. The local economy on which the legal community depends…
More…programs were students with disabilities, compared to a 16 percent special education population statewide. African American students comprised 35 percent of the students placed into alternative education programs, yet only…
More…that they underserve “vulnerable students.” http://thenotebook.org/december-2014/147977/state-needs-rational-fix-its-method-funding-charter-students-disabilities http://www.pccy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CharterRenewalDocsCombined1-2013.pdf http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/80533-beyond-failing-schools-the-difficulty-of-fairly-comparing-public-schools-on-an-uneven-playing-field?linktype=hp_impact What do we know about “performance?” 57.7 63.8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Average School Performance Profile Average SPPs for…
MoreOF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OFFICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS, at 2 (Dec. 20, 2014), https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/policy-statement-ece-expulsions- suspensions.pdf. 10 American Psychological Association, Zero Tolerance Task Force Report, supra note 6 at 854…
More…to fundamental resources and services in the areas of public educa�on, housing, health care, employment, environmental jus�ce and vo�ng. For more informa�on visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twi�er @PubIntLawCtr. https://www.pubintlaw.org/cases-and-projects/the-cost-of-adequate-education-funding-an-updated-report/…
More…highly charterized community examined below. 1 See, e.g., Bruce Baker, The Commonwealth Triple-Screw: Special Education Funding & Charter School Payments in Pennsylvania, School Finance 101 (June 5, 2012), http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special- education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania….
MoreSpecial Education to investigate and issue corrective action as necessary. Specifically, the District is required to (1) complete a re-evaluation of a child’s eligibility for services within 60 days of…
More…19145 (267) 322-5525 Creative Learning Environments 4800 Longshore Ave, Phila. 19135 (215) 332-2360 Diversified Community Services – Western Learning Center 1613 South St # 21, Phila. 19146 (215) 735-1261 Early…
Morethe petitioners. “My child is in classes with too many other students and she has no access to tutoring services or support from paraprofessionals, but our elected officials still expect…
MoreAgreement provides supplemental educational services to all students and compensatory education services to students with disabilities who resided in the group home. Read the Settlement Agreement Read the notice to…
More…parents. For both named students, the Bureau ordered the immediate assignment of surrogate parents and awarded compensatory education services. “The state’s action in this matter represents vital progress for unaccompanied…
More…the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, it is currently empty; these actions followed groundbreaking investigative reporting by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Lisa Gartner. The legal team from Education Law Center, Juvenile…
Morea parent or caregiver to make sure young children receive the services they need. You can access the full guide here. To learn more about EI services, see also ELC’s…
Moredelivery of those services. This fact sheet provides information on how parents can make sure their young children get the early intervention services they need. You can access it here….
More…student experts and leaders in writing the report. The dynamic duo of Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph and Sen. Vincent Hughes provided a video message that was both a…
More…schools is not an appropriate or effective solution to school and community violence. And we have seen too many examples where heightened school policing leads to harsher punitive measures aimed…
More…data for youth in care “Numerous studies have found the educational outcomes of students in foster care to be tragically poor,” said Jesse Hahnel, Executive Director of the National Center…
Moreprivacy concerns, portions of the stories shared in the complaint are redacted, but they include students of color who faced racist comments at school, as well as LGBTQ+ students who…
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