2019-2020 school year. The District and individual schools shall make consistent efforts to ensure the visibility and implementation of this policy. Legal Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of…
Moreparticularly students with disabilities. The Board passed the resolution on January 21, 2015, acknowledging the recommendations of a community-school work group and directing the District’s administration to implement each of…
Moreand districts that have already successfully adopted and implemented policies restricting the use of exclusionary discipline in preschool, kindergarten and through elementary school. ELC would be happy to provide examples…
Moreour open letter. Lancaster Online’s editorial board wrote an editorial in support of Elanco’s affirming practices. Unfortunately, soon after, the Elanco school board backed away from the district’s positive position….
MoreMarch 29, 2017 – LancasterOnline – by Kimberly Marselas The School District of Lancaster has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it handles older refugee students, ending a nine-month…
More(CIR) found that out of the 836 children transitioning to the School District of Philadelphia who required re-evaluations, the District completed only 36 or 4% of special education re- evaluations…
Moreto the petitioners. In his filing, Senator Scarnati appeared to blame local communities and school districts themselves, based on what he termed a “reality,” that “school districts have broad discretion…
More…Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools. We’ll also hear from DEBORAH GORDON KLEHR of the Education Law Center about the need for mandating training of school police officers. http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/11/03/the-role-of-police-officers-in-schools/#sthash.3MWxxzK6.dpufhttp://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2015/11/03/the-role-of-police-officers-in-schools/…
More…to Pennsylvania’s compulsory school law went into effect during the 2020-2021 school year. Now, all children in Pennsylvania must start school no later than age 6 and remain in school…
Morewebinar was developed for educators, school administrators, teachers, and advocates, and guides participants through the Legal Center on Foster Care and Education’s new tool on school discipline. This resource highlights…
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…
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,…
MorePennsylvania Commonwealth Court case filed by parents, school districts, and two statewide associations challenging Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system. In May, the Court directed the parties to address the issue…
More…of revenues to their public schools. Accordingly, Pennsylvania is overly reliant on local funding to support its schools, deepening the divide between high-wealth and low-income school districts. Pennsylvania is one…
Morea caregiver such as a grandparent, a relative, or a family friend. Like other youth, these children have the right to go to school in the district where they live….
MoreMarch 31, 2014 – WHYY, Radio Times – New information released by the Department of Education shed more light on a disturbing difference when it comes to school discipline —…
Moreat Andrew Jackson Elementary last week. In the absence of a school nurse on duty (a nurse is present only on Thursdays and every other Friday), school staff called 911….
Moreschool in Pennsylvania until the end of the school term in which you have your 21st birthday or until you graduate with a regular high school diploma (whichever comes first)….
MoreApril 30, 2019 Superintendent Gregory Frigoletto Wayne Highlands School District 474 Grove Street Honesdale, PA 18431 Re: Rights of Transgender Students Dear Mr. Frigoletto: As education advocates, we write to…
MoreThe PA Safe Schools Act, amended in 2010, requires all Pennsylvania school districts to draw up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local law enforcement agencies to govern their working…
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