The widespread problem of racial discrimination in school discipline is well documented. The 2014 federal discipline guidance from the Obama administration formally recognized that for the first time and challenged…
More…Carbon County, Greater Johnstown School District, Shenandoah Valley School District in Schuylkill County and the Wilkes-Barre School District have long struggled with the fallout from the state’s education funding debacle….
MoreLiberties Union of Pennsylvania looked specifically at disciplinary practices that remove students from school across Pennsylvania. Called “Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania’s Public Schools,” the report pointed…
MoreDecember 2, 2016 Philadelphia, Pa. – A federal class action lawsuit challenging the failure a major school district to provide translation and interpretation services to limited English proficient parents of…
MoreLawsuit Challenges School District of Philadelphia’s Failure to Translate Documents and Interpret for Parents with Limited English Proficiency and their Children with Disabilities August 21, 2015 Philadelphia, Pa. –…
Morehas focused on the School District of Philadelphia. We write today to address concerns about Philadelphia’s charter school sector, which is easily the second largest constellation of schools in the…
MorePennsylvania Commonwealth Court case filed by parents, school districts, and two statewide associations challenging Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system. In May, the Court directed the parties to address the issue…
Morea resolution.” “We are pleased that the Governor is standing with Pennsylvania’s school children who have languished in underfunded schools for far too long,” said Maura McInerney, Legal Director of…
Moreto order the district to admit them and all other similar students to McCaskey High School for the school year that begins Aug. 30. Read the full article at LancasterOnline.com….
More…a portion of that time was spent in a District school that became a charter school. It is not clear exactly when T.R. started attending the charter school, but T.R….
More“Senator Scarnati didn’t dispute that the inequity between wealthy and poor districts continues to grow, or that our school funding system continues to relegate children to understaffed, under resourced schools….
Morein the school finance area is, at best, unclear. • Marrero v. Commonwealth of PA: http://www.schoolfunding.info/states/pa/MARRERO.pdf • PA Association of Rural and Small Schools v. Commonwealth of PA Policy Issues…
Moreprovides an education system, but it’s up to local districts to tax and spend more money on schools. The schools say that’s not fair to poorer districts. “The general assembly’s…
Moreschool nurse layoffs have affected the safety of all of our children as schools are left without any coverage as school nurses are pulled in and out of schools.” “Children…
Morerights.” School districts across Western Pennsylvania are slowly changing their policies to better protect transgender students from discrimination and bullying. Some, such as North Hills School District, have updated non-discrimination…
Morewe will continue holding school districts to their legal obligations to maintain a school atmosphere where students can thrive and do not face fears of violence or discrimination. ELC remains…
MoreEqual Protection Clause, and to cease implementing a school-funding arrangement that does not assure that adequate, necessary and sufficient funds are available to school districts to provide their students with…
MorePetitioners William Penn School District, Panther Valley School District, The School District of Lancaster, Greater Johnstown School District, Wilkes-Barre Area School District, Shenandoah Valley School District, Pennsylvania Association of Rural…
Moreis to make sure that each district has enough funding to open school doors. Almost all states have had lawsuits around inequity and inadequacy in school funding. In 38 of…
Moreback for our students and for our schools.” A legislative school funding commission followed a similar template in coming up with a fair funding formula in 2015. But with the…
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