Statement on Governor’s budget 2019 final
…of school spending funded by the state, according to the latest available census data, making school funding heavily dependent on local wealth. “We urge Harrisburg to do more to accelerate…
More…of school spending funded by the state, according to the latest available census data, making school funding heavily dependent on local wealth. “We urge Harrisburg to do more to accelerate…
Morethe District and the SRC to help it follow through on its stated commitment to end this harmful practice. Click here to download our letter to the School Reform Commission….
More…basic education funding to adequately allocate dollars and to revisit the recommendations made by the 2014 bipartisan Special Education Funding Commission. Click here to download a copy of the letter….
Moredisabilities and their families. ELC compiled this resource with 5 important things for students with disabilities and their families to know. 5 Things for Students with Disabilities to Know Download…
More…lawsuit filed on this issue in the past fifteen months, with earlier cases filed against school districts in Utica, New York, and Collier County, Florida. Click here to download a…
More…to help determine whether a student is McKinney-Vento and Act 1 eligible and to flag key supports students are entitled to receive on the basis of their eligibility. Download here….
MoreDownload the Commonwealth Court opinion with the link above….
More…and often into the school-to-prison pipeline. ELC employs a broad range of strategies to accomplish our mission including direct legal representation, impact litigation, educating parents and students about their legal…
Morein poverty. The result is that these students are often more heavily concentrated in the neighborhood schools operated by the School District of Philadelphia,” said Lapp. Download the complete testimony…
Morea link to download a copy of the Complaint are here. ### The Education Law Center-PA (“ELC”) is a non-profit, legal advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all children in…
More…DAUPHIN ST. 19132 Head Start TO GET AN APPLICATION: · Pick up an application at 440 NORTH BROAD STREET · Download an application from http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/e/earlychild/forms BRING Completed Application to 440…
More…also make your request by completing this PDF form (download via button below) from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Office of Dispute Resolution. If you use the PDF form to…
MoreMay 2, 2017 – Commonwealth Court issued a decision in S.A. v. Pittsburgh Public Schools yesterday that affirms the decision of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas that a…
MoreELC filed a complaint in Pennsylvania’s Common Pleas Court on October 17, 2019, on behalf of a first-grade student who was illegally denied enrollment in a public charter school on…
MorePreliminary injunction granted; district was court ordered to immediately enroll 5-year-old child in foster care who had been turned away for failure to meet kindergarten registration deadline.
MoreOctober 28, 2016 Truancy is an urgent issue across the Commonwealth because the cost to our children and communities is so high: absence from school results in lower academic achievement,…
Moredistricts with low property values and incomes to more than $28,400 per student in districts with high-property values and incomes. “Pennsylvania’s current practices are denying too many districts the resources…
MoreIf a child is experiencing homelessness, the child has a right to enroll in school immediately and to remain in the same school she attended prior to becoming homeless and…
More…Start Performance Standards Dear Ms. Rathgeb, On behalf of the Education Law Center (ELC) and the parents, students and community organizations with whom we work, we submit the following comments…
More…them to effectively overcome language barriers.” The settlement, which the parties’ lawyers still must finalize, accomplishes several important objectives. All newly arrived immigrant students, with little or no English proficiency,…
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