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…The issuance of compensatory education is to be verified through a compensatory education plan submitted to the Bureau for each child who was denied services. The Department’s Complaint Investigation Report…
More…The issuance of compensatory education is to be verified through a compensatory education plan submitted to the Bureau for each child who was denied services. The Department’s Complaint Investigation Report…
Morethe District to review and assess data for all students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and Section 504 accommodations plans to determine necessary make-up services, or compensatory education, owed for…
More…Lehigh Ave., Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19133 (215) 425-6203 http://www.huneinc.org/ Parents Involved Network Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1211 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 751-1800 (800) 688-4226 http://www.pinofpa.org/…
More…that they underserve “vulnerable students.” http://thenotebook.org/december-2014/147977/state-needs-rational-fix-its-method-funding-charter-students-disabilities http://www.pccy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CharterRenewalDocsCombined1-2013.pdf http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/80533-beyond-failing-schools-the-difficulty-of-fairly-comparing-public-schools-on-an-uneven-playing-field?linktype=hp_impact What do we know about “performance?” 57.7 63.8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Average School Performance Profile Average SPPs for…
More…An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations, 63(9) AM. PSYCHOL. 852, 854 (challenging common assumptions about exclusionary discipline, researchers found that excluding children who exhibit problematic behaviors from school did not deter…
More…court March 7 Commonwealth Court to hear oral argument en banc in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa . – Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court will hear oral arguments next Wednesday in a landmark lawsuit…
More…to provide language assistance to parents and students,” said Maura McInerney, Senior Attorney at Education Law Center. The complaint asks the Court to order the District to provide complete and…
More…we have provided legal representation, advice and consultation to thousands of parents, students, advocates and community stakeholders. Our cases, our legislative advocacy and our community engagement work are all strategically…
More…or extracurricular. Request to Eliminate Fines or Fees: Students protected by Act 1 cannot be assessed fees or fines to participate in a school-sponsored activity or extracurricular or as a…
More…Commonwealth and discriminates against children on the basis of the taxable property and household incomes in their districts.” One of many striking elements of this suit is that the School…
More…Ex. A to Complaint Ex. B to Complaint Ex. C to Complaint Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Statement of Interest – US Department of Justice Memorandum Opinion…
More…Rogers Company Pittsburgh Richard Karcher Parent and Community Activist Shippensburg Tonya Trembly Karcher Parent and Community Activist Shippensburg Diane L. Kirk, Ph.D. Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of…
MoreFunding gaps between high-wealth and low-wealth districts are growing, and state funding for classroom expenses has declined over four years. Those are key points in our latest brief in the…
More…Pennsylvania actually need to educate their students adequately. Pennsylvania ranks 47th among states in the portion of school spending funded by the state, according to the latest available census data….
More…schools. “ELC has been leading school funding reform efforts for years. This latest campaign reflects our long-standing commitment to providing all of Pennsylvania’s children — regardless of where they live…
MoreOn September 28, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a major victory to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania students by ordering the Commonwealth Court to hold a trial on whether state…
MoreNov. 24, 2014 – The Education Law Center submitted a letter to Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq urging her to reject the latest round of cyber charter school applications…
More…children the learning opportunities afforded to them by law. Similar suits were recently settled by districts in Utica City, NY, and in Florida. The latest legal action, brought against the…
More…organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. “This latest group of new members exemplifies the diversity in perspective and experience essential…
More…the latest move in a long-running attempt to bring a chronically deficit-ridden district back to financial health. “We keep asking the state to give us more,” said Chester Upland’s school…
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