February 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…
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…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…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…
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…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…hostile school environments, rewrite discriminatory dress codes, develop inclusive curriculum, end exclusionary discipline, and eliminate fines and fees. In 2025, a necessary new focus of ours has been to respond to attacks on diversity, equity,…
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…
MoreDistrict, which has cut hundreds of millions from its budget and still approached the new school year facing roughly a $300 million dollar budget gap. Read the full story: http://axisphilly.org/article/breaking-down-claim-of-historic-education-funding-under-corbett/…
MoreMarch 11, 2015 – by Jan Murphy, Patriot News – Saying just turning on the lights and keeping the school doors open falls short of the Legislature’s constitutional obligation of…
MoreAffidavits detail the difficult conditions in our petitioners’ school districts, making clear that the state’s funding system has not been fixed. There’s more information in the News Release, and you…
More…concerns curriculum, services or lack of equal access to educational opportunities, contact your Intermediate Unit or • Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction, Division of Instructional…
More…the power to suspend provisions of the School Code without any clear limitation, violated the non-delegation rule in the Pennsylvania Constitution. Specifically, under this ruling, the SRC is not able…
More…acute in literally hundreds of struggling school districts across the Commonwealth. Thus, the proposed increases in the budget agreement between Governor Wolf and legislative leaders are needed and welcomed, though…
More…12, 2021, in our historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system, William Penn School District et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Education et al. The judge announced the new trial date…
MoreFebruary 6, 2018 Statement on Governor Wolf’s Budget Address Deborah Gordon Klehr, executive director of the Education Law Center, issued this statement following Governor Tom Wolf’s budget address today: “We…
MoreFeb. 17 – PennLive – by Jan Muphy A state Supreme Court ruling that limits the power of the commission that oversees the Philadelphia School District is viewed by others…
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