…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…
More…disabilities and appropriate supports for English learners. In the letter (news release here), advocates express grave concern that children, particularly children with disabilities, English learners, and children living in poverty,…
More…workbook). 15 See 20 U.S.C. 1232d(b)(3)(E); 34 CFR §§ 300.149, 300.600(e). 16 24 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1-122 (West). https://elc365-my.sharepoint.com/personal/tvonoehsen_elc-pa_org/Documents/Education%20Law%20Center/Special%20Education%20Report/elc-pa.org/contact https://www.bls.gov/news.release/disabl.nr0.htm https://www.marketplace.org/2017/07/14/economy/what-unemployed-look Governors Letter – Special Education Report.pdf FROM: The…
More15 cyber charters already operating in the state, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit called for a one-year moratorium on new ones. Cyber charters enroll 35,000 students statewide. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-23/news/44368264_1_regular-charter-schools-cyber-dorothy-june-brown…
More…litigation, and policy advocacy, ELC advances the rights of vulnerable children, including children of color, children living in poverty, English language learners, children with disabilities, those in the foster care…
More…Too many school districts in Pennsylvania’s poor and struggling communities lack the resources needed to provide the thorough and efficient system of education required by our state constitution. By all…
More…Too many school districts in Pennsylvania’s poor and struggling communities lack the resources needed to provide the thorough and efficient system of education required by our state constitution. By all…
More…include significant new investments supporting the education of students with disabilities. Today’s letter from ELC (attached) calls for a $400 million increase in state funding for basic education and a…
Moreto pass the new, more rigorous Keystone Exams, which measure student proficiency in math, science, and English, and will soon be a requirement for graduation from high school. Overall, more…
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”…
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…
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…
Morethey were meeting those standards, according to the attorneys in the new lawsuit. Two key factors have changed since that ruling, attorneys for the plaintiffs said. First, a costing-out study…
More…Youth, and the Public Interest Law Center filed an amicus brief today in support of the Tamaqua Education Association’s challenge to the Tamaqua Area School District’s new policy to arm…
More…Court ruled that the student qualified as homeless pursuant to Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (“McKinney-Vento Act” or “the Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2) and § 11434(g)(3)(A)(i)….
More…education agencies must designate “Points of Contact” to support students in care. This factsheet details how these new protections are being implemented in Pennsylvania. For more information on ESSA, consult…
More…(FSHEA). Passage of these new bills will mean that youth who are homeless and those who are from the foster care system will be able to enroll, afford, and graduate…
MoreThe Education Law Center sent an open letter to Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission expressing renewed concern about issues of equity and universal access at Philadelphia charter schools. Data from the…
MoreJuly 19, 2016 – by Kara Newhouse – LancasterOnline.com Some of the neediest students are being turned away at the doors of Lancaster city schools, a group claims in their…
More…not changed. Any school with discipline policies or practices that discriminate against children based on race, ethnicity, sex or disability will still be breaking the law. The only thing that…
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