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Support the Education Law Center-PA today. Together, we can shape the future of public education. Advancing the Education Law Center-PA’s mission – to ensure every child in Pennsylvania has access…
MoreSupport the Education Law Center-PA today. Together, we can shape the future of public education. Advancing the Education Law Center-PA’s mission – to ensure every child in Pennsylvania has access…
More…critical to securing equity.” However, the Commission’s proposal alone will not solve Pennsylvania’s underlying funding inequalities because poor schools still need adequate resources. To truly achieve equity, the General Assembly…
More…serve the most at-risk students while struggling to raise local revenue even as they tax at relatively high rates. The proposed formula takes into account tax capacity, which is critical…
More$400 million increase in basic education funding as well as an increase in special education and early education funding as a down payment to restore critical services to students.” …
More…suffer: they are denied access to critical services they need to make progress. This is why our civil rights and disability laws are so clear on the obligations of schools…
Moreprovide high quality legal services on issues of public education to parents, students, and community advocates across Pennsylvania. This position is to be filled as soon as possible. Click here…
Morecalled for in a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study, and many states have already undertaken critical efforts to comply with the regulation in the best interest of children. While…
Morechild’s right to receive mandated services during this critical transition, and if so, to issue compensatory education to make up for lost services. At ELC’s urging through a Request for…
More…students. That’s why it is so critical that the PHRA is available as a tool to root out discriminatory pervasive bullying.” Catherine Reisman, counsel for the Council of Parent Attorneys…
Morealso requested further corrective action. “The Department’s decision represents an important first step towards ensuring that all young children with disabilities receive the critical special education services they need from…
Moreby classmates, causing a concussion, and repeatedly called derogatory names like “retard” and “dumb.” Another nine-year-old child was repeatedly called “idiot” and “stupid” by her classmates, who told her they…
Morewithout disruption of the critical special education services to which they are legally entitled. However, the District has failed to meet these requirements and ELC has asked PDE’s Bureau of…
More…roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=2&vote=00136 14 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2& 15 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00350 16 155 Cong. Rec. S10,669 (daily ed. Oct. 22, 2009). 17 155 Cong. Rec. S7673-74 (daily ed. July 20, 2009). 18https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-sessions-says-he-handled-these-civil-rights-cases-he-barely- touched-them/2017/01/03/4ddfffa6-d0fa-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.f09e50846bba 19…
MoreEvery Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Through these comments, we highlight the critical need for greater accountability of schools serving educationally at risk students, especially students experiencing homelessness, students in foster…
More…collaboration with our Philadelphia office, to provide high quality legal services on issues of public education to parents, students, and community advocates across Pennsylvania. Qualifications: The Program Administrative Coordinator must:…
Morecampaign features new federal guidance and a toolkit that seeks to raise awareness about chronic absenteeism and to provide local schools, providers, and advocates with the access to crucial research,…
More…200 people Wednesday night at the August Wilson Center. She was invited by the Education Law Center, A+ Schools and other advocacy groups to speak about her new book, “Pushout:…
Moremoment that was caught on camera. Chief among those conditions: an educational philosophy known as “no excuses” that advocates for strict discipline as a critical foundation for learning. […] A…
Moreis a critical issue for students with disabilities who have been deeply impacted by significant underfunding for many years. If you are involved with an organization that would be interested…
Moreto suspend the charter school law to impose caps on charter school enrollment: “The Education Law Center was not a party to the litigation, but the case highlights the dire…
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