ELC ESAA-Updated McKinney Vento Fact Sheet August 2017
…to remain in the same school or to immediately enroll in a new school since 1987. The McKinney-Vento Act applies to all local education agencies (including charter schools) regardless of…
More…to remain in the same school or to immediately enroll in a new school since 1987. The McKinney-Vento Act applies to all local education agencies (including charter schools) regardless of…
Morebeing eliminated, Denton Record Chronicle (June 2015) http://www.dentonrc.com/news/state/2015/06/20/criminal-truancy-courts-for-students-being-eliminated http://youthlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Truancy-Research.pdf. https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/TruancyReport_All_FINAL_SinglePages.pdf http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/Counterproductive-and-Wasteful-Los-Angeles-daytime-curfew-report_FINAL.pdf. 4 • Confine a person in parental relation to a child who is habitually truant only as a last…
Moreschool. A person is legally considered “limited English proficient” if the person’s primary language or languages are not English, and they do not read, speak, write, or understand English well….
More…from discrimination based on immigration and/or English Language Learner status Students have the right to enroll in public school regardless of immigration or citizenship status. Students who are English Language…
More…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…
More…Richard L. Trumka AFL-CIO Toni Van Pelt National Organization for Women Randi Weingarten American Federation of Teachers Dennis Williams International Union, UAW John C. Yang Asian Americans Advancing Justice |…
More…state,” said Dr. James R. Scanlon, superintendent of the West Chester Area School District. kboccella@phillynews.com 610-313-8232 @kathyboccella Inquirer staff writer Angela Couloumbis contributed to this article. Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20150619_Panel__Pa_needs_to_overhaul_school_funding.html#dYAqTYDuSWYqpjPt.99…
MoreEducation Law Center elc-‐pa.org Philadelphia | Pittsburgh February 2, 2014 The Hon. Lamar Alexander Chairman Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Hon. Patty Murray…
More…a new formula for distributing any increases in the state’s basic education funding. This new formula did not, however, increase statewide education funding. Instead, the law expressly locked in the…
More…25 percent of the new money recommended in the Governor’s budget for basic education and only 20 percent of new money recommended for special education. “This is a woefully inadequate…
More…laws and the school district has now adopted new policies and procedures in response to the state’s ruling requiring a corrective action plan. Children living in residential settings cannot be…
More…compromise state budget agreement that provides modest but needed new funding for Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren. The bill includes $100 million more for basic education funding, an increase of 1.7 percent. It…
More…their children to new schools but the District refused. Instead, the District prosecuted several students and parents in Truancy Court in response to their school aversion. “Many of these children,…
MoreMaura McInerney, Esq., AppointedMaura McInerney, Esq., Appointed ELC’ s ELC’ s New Legal DirectorNew Legal Director Dear Friends of ELC – -Dear Friends of ELC – – The Board and…
MoreSRC testimony February 18, 2015 Re: Pending Charter Applications In December, I testified to the District that, when reviewing new charter school applications, the factors the District should consider cut…
MoreFunding Campaign. 10-6-2014. October 2014 Newsletter: ELC Kicks Off New School Funding Campaign. Release: ELC Joins New School Funding Campaign. 8-28-2014. August 2014 Newsletter: ELC Joins New School Funding Campaign….
MoreFOSTERING GRADUATION SUCCESS FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS 2019, S.B. 662 The Fostering Graduation Success for Vulnerable Students Bill, or S.B. 662, supports students experiencing education disruptions by ensuring access to timely…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Colin Deppen – PennLive The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against a Lancaster school district arguing that the district has denied refugee…
More…without disruption of the critical special education services to which they are legally entitled. However, the District has failed to meet these requirements and ELC has asked PDE’s Bureau of…
MoreThe LeGare process, established through a case filed by ELC, is intended to provide an equal opportunity for Philadelphia special education and English-learner students to get accepted to the city’s…
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