on truancy at www.elc-pa.org/truancy. http://www.elc-pa.org/truancy 2 Youth (AEDY) program, which often results in further disengagement from school and dropout.2 Additionally, truancy is an entryway into the child welfare system for…
More…the compelling state and national data and new Federal guidance to highlight the damage done through exclusionary discipline. ELC pressed the SICC and OCDEL to develop and implement new statewide,…
Moretruancy process, attendance barriers, self-advocacy tools, and judges and their implementation of truancy laws. Addressing Attendance Barriers (‘Truancy’) & School Attendance — FAQs School Attendance and Truancy: Understanding the Basics…
More…room; in contrast, the District’s regular education classrooms are typically grouped by grade and instruction level. 25. The instructional program provided to C.K. in the Auberle-student classroom is more limited…
MoreK-5 students. It was renewed in 2006 under the same deal. Up for renewal again in 2011, the charter had arranged to move into a new facility that it could…
More…Basic Education Funding Commission that former Gov. Tom Corbett created, would give districts predictable, transparent answers about how new money would be allocated. (A permanent provision known as “hold harmless”…
More…only local school districts have the power to grant a charter to make a new charter school. Local school districts also decide whether to renew or revoke charters. 2 •…
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…trauma and poverty impact infants in unique yet substantial ways – often leading to lower learning capacities, maladaptive behaviors, and sometimes lifelong physical and mental health problems. Homelessness itself is…
More…obligation of school districts to ensure appointment of “surrogate parents” for children with disabilities in foster care residential placements, adoption of new monitoring procedures, and issuance of new state guidance….
More…academic standards and graduation requirements. Despite this constitutional mandate, hundreds of thousands of children—particularly children of color and children in poorer communities—are denied the school resources they need to be…
MoreBeginning with the graduating class of 2023, new statewide graduation requirements will apply to all public school students. As a result, every student must now satisfy one of several pathways…
More…and Nick PotalivoStephanie RibakoffCarol and Lou RulliSusan and Paul Saint-AntoineSavran Benson LLPDorel Shanon and Stuart BogomLisa and Steve SilvermanBenjamin SteeleBeth UngermanVeritext Legal SolutionsJoyce and Erik VidelockAmy Wexler and David Schlesinger…
More…Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP Education Champion Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPSusan and Leonard KlehrTroutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Education Hero Dechert LLPSusan Hollenstein and Howard RossJoan Mazzotti…
More…to ELC’s historic and current work. Most recently, our advocacy efforts have included: establishing fair residency rules for children in foster care or experiencing homelessness; ensuring the full inclusion of…
More…conversations about systemic racial discrimination and reinforces white supremacy. Parents across Pennsylvania want truthful education, classrooms where students are valued and accepted, and curriculum that teaches students the true history…
More…country – and the world – at one time. The suit maintains that youth housed at Glen Mills suffered at the hands of Glen Mills leadership and staff. Instead of…
More…country – and the world – at one time. After an emergency removal order of all remaining children at the facility as well as the revocation of its licenses by…
More…19139 Head Start BETHUNE 3301 OLD YORK RD. 19140 Head Start BLAINE 3001 W. BERKS ST. 19121 Head Start BLANKENBURG 4600 W. GIRARD AVE. 19131 Head Start BREGY 1700 BIGLER…
More…distressed schools. The ruling, which held that legislation giving the SRC authority under the Distress Law to suspend portions of the code violated the nondelegation rule of the state constitution,…
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