…school discipline policies that emphasize inclusion and appropriate supports ultimately lead to more positive education outcomes for all students. Zero-tolerance policies have the opposite effect – they tend to push…
More…make a big difference for all Pennsylvania’s children – especially our most at-risk students, who too often lack basic supports and services in their public schools. How we address that…
MoreResulted in Early Intervention services for several hundred infants and toddlers and significant reform of EI system.
MoreSettlement requiring qualified hearing officers and timely decisions in DPW hearing system for children receiving Early Intervention services.
More…have lacked the basic resources, supports, and services they need to succeed in the classroom. A recent study conducted by the Pennsylvania State Education Association (“PSEA”) found that PSSA reading…
More…sector grows, it siphons off greater and greater numbers of students with “mild,” or less costly, disabilities from District schools. Students requiring more expensive services, therefore, remain in heavier concentrations…
More…of a constitutionally approved … program of services.” Danson, 399 A.2d at 366. Second, the Supreme Court noted that, even if the Constitution permitted such judicial adventurism, there was no…
More…revisited every five years, are as follows: Statewide Base Cost: The first step was to determine a base amount of educational dollars that reflects the costs associated with educating each…
More…Key provisions of the settlement agreement also require additional attention to and improvement of the school district’s special education services. For more information on this settlement go to: http://pilcop.org/chester/ …
More…great deal of rigidity in public school education,” said Ledewitz. But, he said, Pennsylvania’s courts have ruled on funding for other public services. “I don’t know why courts have not…
More…hearing to what comes after — whether that is looking to find a new school or giving them information about other services available, Simmons said. “That follow-up part really creates…
More…Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) Programs. It also provides guidance on AEDY program requirements to ensure that students in these programs are provided appropriate academic and behavioral support services….
More…supports, and services they need to succeed in school. The Education Law Center, along with our partners and collaborators, strongly encourage the Board to adopt policy 1012.1. We also encourage…
More…that young children experiencing homelessness get the supports and services to which they are entitled and desperately need,” said the Education Law Center’s Nancy A. Hubley, Managing Attorney for ELC’s…
More…Museum of Art) Abigail Horn, Board Vice President (Allegheny County Department of Human Services) W. John Lee, Board Vice President (Morgan Lewis & Bockius) Lynne Leonard (Federal Community Defender Office,…
More…services to school-age youths. PPS contracts with Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU), which manages the school program at the jail. “ELC filed this complaint to remedy systemic policies and practices that…
More…Public Interest Law Center, Women’s Law Project, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, and Professor Emily Suski. WHYY covered this story. In September 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled favorably in…
More…enrollment and access to language assistance for families; 2) quality ESL instruction; and 3) equal access and opportunities (for example, to special education services or to selective high schools). Read…
More…who had her enrollment to a charter school, Franklin Towne Charter High School, rescinded after the school found out she had an IEP and required emotional support services. Read more….
More…access to fundamental resources and services in the areas of public education, housing, health care, employment, environmental justice and voting. For more information visit www.pubintlaw.org or follow on Twitter @PubIntLawCtr…
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