…ensure equitable access to education for underserved student populations – including children with disabilities, English learners, children of color, children experiencing homelessness, children living in poverty, and children in the…
MoreParents who disagree with special education decisions may also pursue a dispute resolution process called “mediation.” This is a voluntary process, and both the school and parent must agree to…
More…and discriminatory statements in text messages and email exchanges about students with disabilities. According to parents and advocates, though, the emails and text messages were simply the electronic manifestation of…
More…director Deborah Gordon Klehr. “The Education Law Center will be working with parents, students, and other stakeholders to ensure that the detailed remedies are implemented promptly and with fidelity by…
More…prior district within 10 days. Children who are homeless must be immediately enrolled even if required information is not available. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 11431, et seq….
More…policy is in violation of Pennsylvania and federal law and will make students, faculty and administrators far less safe. Teachers, students, and parents in Tamaqua concerned about this new policy…
More…Miller, parents of K.M., a minor; Sheila Armstrong, parent of S.A., a minor; Tyesha Strickland, parent of E.T., minor; Angel Martinez, parent of A.M., minor; Barbara Nemeth, parent of C.M….
More…of racist policymaking and systemic underfunding. Read about that in this presentation. ELC, along with Public Interest Law Center, continues to advocate on behalf of Chester parents, students, and the…
More[Go back to Inclusive Schools and Honest Education main page] The Right to Honest Teaching and Inclusive Curriculum We believe that parents and schools must work together to ensure that…
MoreThis tool is for parents, guardians, car eg iver s , Educational Decision-Makers (EDM s ) , and surrogate parents who have disabilities to request needed reasonable accommodations, modifications, or…
More…complaint on behalf of parents and students in the Pennridge School District, families and legal advocates today filed an amended complaint alleging that this Bucks County school district continues to…
More…(Here is a short summary of our complaint.) Seven years later, that case – filed on behalf of six school districts, two statewide associations, and several parents – finally went to…
More…school success. Parents should be included in the planning and delivery of those services. This fact sheet provides information on how parents can make sure their young children get the…
MoreParents, guardians, Educational Decision Makers (EDMs), and surrogate parents are important members of a student’s IEP team, who must be invited and included in the student’s IEP meeting, which must…
More…time. This tool allows parents, guardians, Educational Decision Makers (EDMs), and surrogate parents to request that their child be reevaluated in all areas of suspected disability by their school to…
Moreemergency basis while awaiting foster care placement and who qualifies as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The complaint asserts that New Castle Area School District, where C.T. was…
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…
More…students who are highly-mobile, including students experiencing homelessness or living in foster care; or returning from delinquency or other placement; – students living in poverty; – students who have previously…
More…in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English learners, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) students, and children experiencing homelessness. We are responding to allegations…
MoreTestimony in the Pennsylvania public education funding lawsuit highlighted serious issues facing schools around the Commonwealth. “Witnesses painted a grim picture of what a normal school day looks like for…
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