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Education Law Center Names New Policy Director

…Philadelphia African-American Leadership Development Program and the Coro Fellows Program. She has served on the board of the New York Urban League and is currently a member of the Clementine…

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tamaqua policy on guns

…matters, which have consistently recommended against an increase in the number of guns in schools. Other research supports their conclusion. A July 2018 article in the American Journal of Public…

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SDAS – Charter Schools and ELC

…know about exclusionary discipline in all public schools:  That rates of exclusionary discipline are high.  That African American and latino students, as well as students with disabilities and…

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Statement on Governor’s budget 2019 final

February 5, 2019 Statement on Governor Wolf’s Budget Address Deborah Gordon Klehr, executive director of the Education Law Center, issued this statement following Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address today: “We…

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SB621 Joint Statement

…CeaseFirePA and the Education Law Center were very disappointed that Governor Wolf today signed Senate Bill 621 into law. We stand with thousands of Pennsylvania parents, students and teachers who…

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PAFundingSuit_Executive_Summary

Pa Funding Lawsuit edfundinglawsuit.wordpress.com November 10, 2014 Executive Summary Lawsuit: Pennsylvania School Funding Unconstitutional Six school districts from across the Commonwealth, an association of 150 rural and small schools, as…

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ELC Kicks Off New School Funding Campaign

Oct. 6, 2014 – The Education Law Center, along with more than 40 other organizations, today launched a new campaign for fair education funding for all of Pennsylvania’s K-12 public…

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ELC Testimony to State Board of Education on Immunizations – 03-07-2016

…of Child Welfare Report, available at http://www.papartnerships.org/reports/2016_socw/source_files/Pennsylvania%202016%20SOCW.pdf. http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/upload/2015%20Final%20Truancy%20Report(1).pdf http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroupscommittees/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.ocfcpacourts.us/childrens-roundtable-initiative/state-roundtable-workgroupscommittees/educational-success-and-truancy-prevention http://www.papartnerships.org/reports/2016_socw/source_files/Pennsylvania%202016%20SOCW.pdf 3 increase in the number of students experiencing homelessness between the 2011-12 school year to 2013-14 school year, Pennsylvania’s…

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ELC_SchoolFunding_LawPolicy_11_6_13

…Then, in February, the Governor presents his proposal to the General Assembly. The General Assembly makes changes as it sees fit, and eventually adopts a final budget. There are negotiations…

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