…Achievement Charter Elementary School vs. the School District of Philadelphia and the School Reform Commission. The Court held that the General Assembly, in passing Act 46, which granted the SRC…
MoreFeb. 19, 2015 – The Commonwealth Court will hear oral argument in William Penn School District, et al., v. Pennsylvania Department of Education, et al. on Wednesday, March 11th at…
Moremoney-hungry school districts argued today before the Commonwealth Court at Harrisburg. “We argued today in court the schoolchildren of Pennsylvania have an enforceable right to be heard,” said Maura McInerney,…
Morelegislative policy determination,” Judge Dan Pellegrini wrote for the court. But the plaintiffs — including several school districts and the parents of some Philadelphia school children — said the Pennsylvania…
More§ 300.322(e) and (f); 34 CFR§ 300.503(c)(1)(ii). 2 Right to Attend School Right to Be Free From Bullying & Harassment in School Rights of English Language Learners (ELLs) in School…
More…a portion of that time was spent in a District school that became a charter school. It is not clear exactly when T.R. started attending the charter school, but T.R….
Moregraders during the 2015-16 school year. As many of these suspensions are likely longer than one day, this means that elementary-aged students missed well over 10,000 days of school due…
Morelawsuit against the school district. Six refugees filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court Tuesday, saying that the School District of Lancaster has denied them the “meaningful and…
MoreDistrict should examine policies and practices that hinder equal access for parents and students such as the use of an on-line school selection process for accessing high schools, School Advisory…
MoreThe Education Law Center sent an open letter to Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission expressing renewed concern about issues of equity and universal access at Philadelphia charter schools. Data from the…
More215.690.1722; [email protected]; @k_golembiewski (Twitter). Philadelphia, PA: An appeal filed last week against the School District of Philadelphia seeks to overturn a Court of Common Pleas decision finding that Pennsylvania school…
Morea resolution.” “We are pleased that the Governor is standing with Pennsylvania’s school children who have languished in underfunded schools for far too long,” said Maura McInerney, Legal Director of…
Moreeducation in Pennsylvania violates the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Petitioners are six school districts, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, several parents of school-age children,…
Morestate who lack basic educational supports and services – such as functioning school libraries, up-to-date textbooks and curriculum materials, reasonable class sizes, guidance counselors, school nurses, vocational ed and college…
MoreFeb. 10, 2016 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – By Mary Niederberger Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal for significant budget increases to public education drew a uniform response from school officials, teacher union…
Moremonth, Philadelphia education advocates on Wednesday called on the state legislature to pump $400 million in new money into 2016-17 school budgets. If the request becomes reality, the city School…
Morepencil is not a weapon within the definition of the School Code or the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Code of Student Conduct. The Court agreed with the Education Law Center’s attorneys…
Moretakes to create a fair school funding system. We are challenging the state in court for failing to adequately and equitably fund schools; the current system is unconstitutional and discriminatory….
More($241 million) to special grants and as-yet-realized sources of revenue, such as last year’s proposal to put anticipated liquor store privatization dollars into schools. The proposal gets one thing right:…
More…points out that the money sent by Chester-Upland School District to charters for special-ed is “disproportionately higher than any other school district sending students to the same schools.” “This is…
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