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…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…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…
MoreThis tool allows parents, guardians, Educational Decision Makers (EDMs), and surrogate parents to request that their child be evaluated to determine their eligibility for a §504 Accommodations Plan. Students are…
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…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…
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[Go back to Inclusive Schools and Honest Education main page] What We Believe We believe that parents and schools must work together to ensure that every child gets a quality…
MoreThis tool allows parents, guardians, Educational Decision Makers (EDMs), and surrogate parents to request that their child be evaluated by their school in all areas of suspected disability to determine…
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…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….
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…
More…at Glen Mills Schools, a residential facility located in Delaware County. This site, the oldest reform school in the country, housed as many as 1,000 boys from all over the…
MoreELC is proud to to announce the launch of a dynamic new website focused on educational success for youth involved in the juvenile justice system – Blueprint for Change: Education…
More…at Glen Mills Schools, a residential facility located in Delaware County. This site, the oldest reform school in the country, housed as many as 1,000 boys from all over the…
MoreThis complaint resulted in an order of corrective action report on new state guidance, concluding that children in residential placements could not be automatically placed in on-site schools or “forced”…
More…Sch. Dist., 160 A.3d at 944- 45. The Court further stated that if the object, when looked at in a “vacuum,” is intended to inflict serious bodily harm, then the…
More…change (h�p://thenoteook.org/article/2017/06/22/pa-guideline-for-chool-dicipline-ma-change) in pulic education. We �ght for acce to aic right, to preerve home, healthcare, familie, and jo. People of color are arreted at a diproportionall high rate (h�p://www.entencingproject.org/criminal-jutice-fact/)….
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