18-08-03 State Board Answer re mootness
…May 7, 2018, hereby TAKES NO POSITION on the application for relief in the nature of a motion to dismiss for mootness filed December 27, 2017, by respondent the President…
More…May 7, 2018, hereby TAKES NO POSITION on the application for relief in the nature of a motion to dismiss for mootness filed December 27, 2017, by respondent the President…
More…TURZAI’S ANSWER IN OPPOSITION TO PETITIONERS’ APPLICATION TO SCHEDULE STATUS CONFERENCE AND SET SCHEDULE FOR DISCOVERY AND TRIAL Speaker of the House Michael C. Turzai (“Speaker Turzai”), by and through…
More…587 M.D. 2014 ________________________________________________________ RESPONSE TO PETITIONERS’ APPLICATION FOR RELIEF ________________________________________________________ Respondent the State Board of Education, through its undersigned counsel, hereby TAKES NO POSITION on the application for relief…
More…would have a negative education impact on students left behind in district schools. Quite simply, the case stands for the proposition that a mere loss of revenues, absent evidence that…
More…2015 08:10 PM Without immediate action, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday the Chester Upland School District will not be in a financial position to open its doors next month….
More…lawmakers lauded the Commonwealth Court’s ruling. Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson) said the opinion “validates our position that decisions regarding education funding are fully vested in the…
More…education decisions helps guarantee that these children do not get left behind. Unfortunately, many children in foster care—particularly those living in congregate care settings such as group homes, supervised independent…
More…a “thorough and efficient” system of public education. The defendants on the other hand, according to Michael Churchill, of the Public Interest Law Center, “took the position that the political…
More…to put a student in the same position they would be in if the school had provided appropriate special education and supports in the first place. Because of that, compensatory…
MorePennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order on July 31, creating a new Office of Advocacy and Reform, with a new Child Advocate position to act as an ombudsman for youth in…
More…due process hearing if ODR had no jurisdiction over ADA claims. Such a result would place parents in an awkward position: they would have to present ADA claims to hearing…
More…ELC Staff Attorney Alex Dutton. “We look forward to working with the District to attempt to resolve the individual and systemic concerns raised in the Complaint to the benefit of…
More…brought the suit along with the Public Interest Law Center and pro bono counsel from O’Melveny & Myers LLP. “We look forward to presenting extensive evidence proving that decades of…
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…proposed downsizing about 40 positions from an already reduced staff. With fewer positions, the office said, it will cut back on proactive investigations. “Our fear is not just the lack…
More…recognized, our challenge to the inadequacy and inequity of Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system will persist. We look forward to presenting our case at trial.” The petitioners’ brief responding to…
More…Report and Recommendations to the Pennsylvania State Roundtable is available at http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/files/page-331/file-600.pdf. 2 See Legal Center for Foster Care and Education website at www.fostercareandeducation.org 3 See National Working Group on…
More…which brought the suit along with the Public Interest Law Center and pro bono counsel from O’Melveny & Myers LLP. “We look forward to presenting extensive evidence proving that decades…
More…environment, especially at critical developmental stages. It’s little surprise that we continue to struggle to close the racial achievement gap when we look at how frequently young students of color…
More…officials apply the law according to its purposes in an effort to avoid the imposition of punitive consequences like fines and jail. “We look forward to working with partners and…
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