…in community infrastructure; issuing $100 million in bonds to make energy efficient infrastructure improvements to branch libraries, police stations, fire houses and other city properties; and an additional $26 million…
MoreFebruary 15, 2018 To the members of the School Reform Commission, The Education Law Center is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all Pennsylvania’s children have access…
More…poor school districts have argued that a zip code all-too-often determines the quality of a student’s education. Apparently the color of a student’s skin matters even more. New research has…
MoreFebruary 6, 2014 – Governor Corbett’s education budget proposal includes welcome increases for special education and early learning but ignores the need for a stable and comprehensive approach to education…
MoreThe Education Law Center-PA stands with the Tamaqua Area Education Association and many in the Tamaqua school community in eastern Pennsylvania in opposing their school district’s new policy allowing teachers…
More…process, and developing new procedures and forms to help streamline communication with EL parents. Set forth below are the final recommendations of the Professional Working Group Ensuring Access and Engagement…
More…for Disruptive Youth” (AEDY). Most of the changes required by the agreement will go into effect for the 2019-2020 school year, but if your child has a disability and is…
More…Tribune Black girls’ education is fundamentally inequitable in Pennsylvania, a new study says. Here are eight fixes. – Philadelphia Inquirer A new report finds Black girls in Pennsylvania face ‘daunting…
MorePennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order on July 31, creating a new Office of Advocacy and Reform, with a new Child Advocate position to act as an ombudsman for youth in…
MorePennsylvania’s state legislature approved a new budget for 2021-22 but chose to put billions into a Rainy Day Fund rather than addressing the urgent need to address adequacy gaps facing…
More…access to computers to complete assignments which is often unavailable to them outside the classroom. They may also need additional remedial supports, http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions Voices of Youth Count: Missed Educational…
MoreOn November 1, in a letter to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, ELC is requesting revision to the School District of Philadelphia’s proposed new Language Instruction Policy. ELC asks that…
MoreOn October 24, The American Law Institute announced the election of 37 new members nationwide, including ELC’s Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr. The American Law Institute is the leading independent…
More…Some of these parents asked the District to transfer their children to new schools, away from the bullying, but the District refused. “What we see is that parents, having tried…
More…Compensatory Education Tracking Workflow 42. Draft Trend analysis and recruitment and retention plan 43. Child records 44. Session notes 45. Data records of service delivery 46. Permission to Evaluate process…
More…the thousands of students and families we serve. I want to start by recognizing the years of joint effort and advocacy that have culminated in the establishment of two distinct…
MoreELC is proud to to announce the launch of a dynamic new website focused on educational success for youth involved in the juvenile justice system – Blueprint for Change: Education…
More…by social and financial crises. But what has emerged from the sausage grinder of lawmaking in Harrisburg – a truancy overhaul package signed by Gov. Wolf earlier this month –…
More…new special education dollars to ensure that children with disabilities receive the high quality inclusive education they need and to which they are legally entitled. A 2009 study showed that…
MoreFebruary 9, 2016 Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center-PA, issued the following statement regarding Governor Wolf’s Budget Address: “We applaud Governor Wolf’s continued attempts to…
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