Oral Argument Set in PA School Funding Lawsuit
Feb. 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Morethem transition from school to post-school-life. ELC highlighted the need for additional transitional training and support services for Philadelphia schoolchildren with disabilities and highlighted the role of inadequate state funding…
MoreEducation Savings Accounts (ESAs), a new and worse iteration of school vouchers proposed in SB 2, siphon precious taxpayer resources from already financially struggling public schools to private schools and…
MoreOur public school funding system fails to provide enough resources to educate all students to academic standards, produces racial disparities and a wide gap between the wealthiest and poorest schools,…
Morevarious preliminary objections to Pennsylvania’s landmark school funding lawsuit. The ruling was an important step to ensure that the suit, William Penn School District v. Pennsylvania Department of Education, will…
MoreELC Research and Policy Fellow Ian Gavigan’s testimony presented to Philadelphia City Council on the importance of predictable school funding to serve the most at-risk children in the Philadelphia School…
Morechild’s education and future. Moving through these four steps will help you enroll your child in a public school (including a charter school and cyber charter school) as soon as…
Moreschool libraries for student achievement. Members of the committee also heard testimony on the results of a 2011 study by the State Board of Education assessing Pennsylvania’s public school libraries….
Moreexperience of other states that school funding lawsuits have been strikingly successful at moving the needle toward fairness,” she wrote. “Decisions in such lawsuits spur more state revenue for schools,…
More…parents are taking another route to fight for increased funding for their schools: the courts. The Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (PILCP)…
MoreLawsuit Challenges School District of Philadelphia’s Failure to Translate Documents and Interpret for Parents with Limited English Proficiency and their Children with Disabilities August 21, 2015 Philadelphia, Pa. –…
MoreThe Education Law Center applauds Pittsburgh Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia for protecting the rights of transgender students with new policies enacted this month. The two largest…
More…Valley – the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. “Pennsylvania’s public school children are entitled to have their day in court. The…
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