ELC Files Amicus Brief in PA Superior Court Bullying Case
…so critical that the PHRA is available as a tool to root out discriminatory pervasive bullying.” Read the news release here and the brief here. …
More…so critical that the PHRA is available as a tool to root out discriminatory pervasive bullying.” Read the news release here and the brief here. …
More…for basic education and a $100 million increase in special education funding, to be distributed to districts through the existing funding formulas. Read our letter, press release, and news coverage….
More…news release, ELC’s Act 26 Factsheet, and our Act 26 Law Reform Alert and Analysis. Key Court Documents: Commonwealth Court Opinion (5/1/2017) ELC’s Commonwealth Court Brief (2/15/2017) Common Pleas Court…
More…Law Center, Juvenile Law Center, Education Law Center, and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law. It is a resource for adults who serve justice-system involved youth…
More…of children in foster care. ELC is proud to be a founding member of the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, along with the American Bar Association’s Center on…
MoreBY KEVIN MCCORRY, April 9 2015 – by Kevin McCorry, WHYY/NewsWorks – File this story under “wonky but important.” In an era where standardized test scores often determine a school’s…
More…provides detailed instructions regarding what an IEP must contain and the procedures that must be followed when developing an IEP. 3 placement for Derrick. (Ex. P-3 at 6.) Special Education…
More…for Disruptive Youth programs. The complaint cites four years worth of data showing a disproportionately high number of students with disabilities and African American students are removed from traditional public…
More…behalf of African-American students and students with disabilities seeking an investigation into statewide practices that result in the disproportionate placement of these students in alternative programs for disruptive youth. For…
MoreBased on the Education Law Center’s legal complaintthe U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into discriminatory placement of students in Pennsylvania’s Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth programs. The…
More…funding campaign (listed alphabetically) A+ Schools Action United AFL-CIO of PA Allies for Children American Federation of Teachers-PA (AFT-PA) Building One PA Congregations United for Neighborhood Action (CUNA) Cross-City Education…
More…3 years old) experiencing homelessness. Many of these children suffer significant trauma and neglect – placing them at greater risk for developmental delays. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics,…
MoreFeb. 22, 2016 – YouthToday – By Rachel Velcoff Hults and Kate Burdick Children involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems face countless barriers to educational success. Our…
More…that our youngest learners are not being suspended, expelled, and otherwise excluded from the learning environment. This is particularly important given that young African American children and children receiving, or…
More…U.S. from Myanmar, Sudan and other war-torn countries. The American Civil Liberties Union said the Lancaster School District has steered at least 30 students over three years to a disciplinary…
More…and American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law. What the Law Requires Under ESSA, every State must describe the steps its State educational agency will take — in…
More…Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), a new and worse iteration of school vouchers proposed in SB 2, siphon precious taxpayer resources from already financially struggling public schools to private schools and…
More…placed multiple former staffers at the Devos-led Department of Education. See Alyson Klein, Former Jeb Bush Foundation Staffers Working at Trump’s Ed. Dept., Education Week, Mar. 9, 2017, http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k- 12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html;…
MoreDecember 21, 2023 – A state administrative complaint filed today by the Education Law Center claims that school-age youths with disabilities at the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) are not receiving…
More…in Senator Scarnati’s Reply to Petitioners’ Opposition to Application in the Nature of a Motion to Dismiss for Mootness, filed today, August 3, 2018. DILWORTH PAXSON LLP By: /s/ Patrick…
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