…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…children living in poverty, children of color, children with disabilities, children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children experiencing homelessness, English learners, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming students – and…
More…more cuts are possible. This crisis results from two primary factors: in 2011, the state cut nearly $1 billion in basic education funds, and Pennsylvania does not have an adequate,…
More…fully include children with disabilities; failure to provide supports and address language barriers affecting immigrant students and English learners; discrimination and harassment against students of color and LGBTQ+ students; and…
MoreThis fact sheet describes the process for determining if your child, as an English learner (EL), is appropriately and legally placed in an Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) program…
More…disabilities, English learners, LGBTQ students, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information, visit elc-pa.org or follow on Twitter @edlawcenterpa. The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance…
More…In her role as policy director, Staley will be responsible for overseeing local and statewide policy advocacy for the entire ELC team. With Staley’s help, ELC and its partner organizations…
More…poor children, children of color, children with disabilities, English learners, children in foster homes and institutions, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming students, and others. I’m having a problem with my child’s public…
MoreFederal civil rights laws require schools to provide free language services for multilingual parents or caregivers whose first language is not English. This form and checklist includes questions the parent…
More…were most marginalized by lack of connectivity during COVID-19. We also urged the Commission to adapt connected devices to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities and English learners….
More…in 2016 that recognized the importance of distributing education aid on the basis of need, the proposed budget distributes barely one-tenth of basic education funding through the formula. Not enough…
More…2015), https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-16- 2015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf; GLSEN, 2017 State Snapshot: School Climate in Pennsylvania, https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf. 11 See, e.g., Catherine P. Bradshaw, et al., Multilevel Exploration of Factors Contributing to Overrepresentation of Black Students…
More…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 information, visit elc-pa.org or follow…
More…PDE has neglected its ultimate responsibility for ensuring that every local education agency in Pennsylvania complies with Section 504, including its prohibition against discrimination. In addition, actions in establishing, approving,…
More…PDE has neglected its ultimate responsibility for ensuring that every local education agency in Pennsylvania complies with Section 504, including its prohibition against discrimination. In addition, actions in establishing, approving,…
More…poverty, children of color, children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English learners, and LGBTQ students. For more than 40 years, through legal representation, impact…
More…specifically enumerated as a protected class, transgender status or gender identity are included within the PHRA’s prohibition of sex discrimination.2 Similarly, case law interpreting Title IX, the federal law prohibiting…
More…in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English learners, LGBTQ students, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information, visit elc-pa.org or follow on Twitter @edlawcenterpa. mailto:[email protected]…
More…in Foster Care, https://bit.ly/2CpN0Nu (last visited Jan. 16, 2019) ………………………………………………………………………. 10 Rebecca Klein, Schools See Major Uptick in Racial Harassment, New Data Suggests, Huffington Post (Feb. 23, 2018), https://bit.ly/2FC6Jg3 …………
More…$100 million increase in special education funding, to be distributed to districts through the existing funding formulas. These amounts have also been flagged by the statewide coalition PA Schools Work…
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