Velazquez v. East Stroudsburg Area School District (Pa. Comm. Ct., 2008)
This case gave students who were receiving child support payments and living with relative the right to enroll in school under state law.
MoreThis case gave students who were receiving child support payments and living with relative the right to enroll in school under state law.
MoreIn this child welfare case, court should have considered evidence that child’s attendance problem was related to her disability….
More…opinion can be used to support arguments in similar cases in other courts. ELC filed the motion following a positive ruling which marked a major victory for students living “doubled-up”…
More…NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY, THE REPORT OF THE 2015 U.S. TRANSGENDER SURVEY: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 12 (Dec. 2016) [hereinafter 2015 U.S. TRANSGENDER SURVEY], https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Executive-Summary-Dec17.pdf. 7 Proposed rule § 106.30. 8…
More…state ‒ but that commitment was not enforced and was abandoned decades ago.” Read her full op-ed published in Pennlive on November 5, 2021. Learn more about our case here….
More…General Assembly to ensure that the state budget reflects Pennsylvanians’ priorities and the needs of our students. We will also continue to pursue our court case, in which we challenge…
More…specifically enumerated as a protected class, transgender status or gender identity are included within the PHRA’s prohibition of sex discrimination.2 Similarly, case law interpreting Title IX, the federal law prohibiting…
MoreELC, along with Juvenile Law Center (JLC), filed an amicus brief in the case In re J.L. in Pennsylvania Superior Court, challenging a judge’s decision to remove a student, J.L.,…
More…case and legal action is categorized according to the three primary areas of ELC’s work: Fighting for Fair School Funding, Ensuring Equal Access, and Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline. For more…
More…of maintaining critical due process protections in PA school discipline proceedings, especially for Black girls, students with disabilities, and LGBTQ students. This case will be argued on May 18, 2021….
MoreThis case applies the “least restrictive environment” requirement of IDEA to preschool children.
More…school safety. Attorneys from Education Law Center-PA and the Public Interest Law Center, representing school districts, parents, and organizations in a case challenging Pennsylvania’s system for funding public schools, released…
More…glaring example of explicit and illegal discrimination,” said Margie Wakelin, staff attorney at the Education Law Center. “Unfortunately, it is not an isolated case. Charter schools, just like district schools,…
More…of high school and take the GED, regardless of their disability or need for support,” said McInerney. “In one case, a 19-year-old student with significant disabilities received no education at…
More…lessons describing the lives of straight cisgender people are acceptable in public schools. The school district defended the educator but settled the case in a manner that perpetuates discrimination against…
More…1973 (Section 504). This fact sheet provides an analysis of that case, Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools , and prior decisions addressing the right to damages for students with disabilities….
More…for formal schooling and spoke languages that were not familiar to district personnel, former ELC executive director Len Rieser, lead attorney in the case, recalled. The district had relied on…
More…can flourish with appropriate educational support. She had tremendous compassion for her clients, and when she took on a case, the client understood that she/he now had an ally who would…
MoreThis case established, under IDEA, right of children with disabilities to access to vocational-technical programs.
More…Judge Dan Pellegrini. In 1999, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that two lawsuits challenging how Pennsylvania funds its schools could not be decided by the courts, saying in a case…
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