ELC_StudentsDisabilities_Charters_2013

…highly charterized community examined below. 1 See, e.g., Bruce Baker, The Commonwealth Triple-Screw: Special Education Funding & Charter School Payments in Pennsylvania, School Finance 101 (June 5, 2012), http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-commonwealth-triple-screw-special- education-funding-charter-school-payments-in-pennsylvania….

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ELC_SchoolNurseReport_May2013

…impact on learning and instruction? As a result of surveys, in-depth interviews and research reviews, we have concluded that the shortage is having a more significant, widespread, and potentially long-term…

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McKeesport.Settlement.Final

2012, upon consideration of the Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Proposed Class Action Settlement Action and for the reasons stated on the record this day during the Fair Hearing…

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Memorandum Opinion (11-30-2016)

…of review used when “considering a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), i.e., construing the alleged facts in favor of the nonmoving party.” Aichele, 757 F.3d at 358. To survive…

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Creating21stCenturyLearners_LibraryDataReport.10.17.12

…paschoollibraryproject.org October 2012 1 Creating 21st-Century Learners: A Report on Pennsylvania’s Public School Libraries October 2012 Acknowledgment The project partners—The Pennsylvania School Librarians Association represented by Debra Kachel; Health Sciences…

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2019.05.22-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-23-Organizations

…372 S.W.3d 43 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012) …………………………………………. 21, 25, 26 Donovan v. Poway Unified Sch. Dist., 84 Cal. Rptr. 3d 285 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) …………………………………………….. 23 Dorsey v….

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ELC Cyber Charter Testimony 2012

ELC’s November 2012 testimony to the Pennsylvania Department of Education on eight cyber charter school applications. An excerpt: “The academic performance of the existing cyber charter schools raises serious questions…

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ELC Bullying OCR Complaint redacted

…Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 504”), schools reflexively refer students and their families to Truancy Court—resulting in additional lost instruction time. Not only is the referral to Truancy…

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ELC Charter School Bill Analysis 2012

…headed down the wrong path. (The following analysis highlights proposed changes to the law. These changes were not adopted in 2012 or 2013, but many of them are contained in…

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Ex. C to Complaint

…parent or student must exhaust the IDEA’s administrative procedures before brining an ADA civil action. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l) provides: Rule of Construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed…

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Ex. B to Complaint

…through February 2015, the Student received 3.5 to 4.5 hours of homebound instruction per week. S-56. 59. In February of 2015, the Student returned to LA with bus transportation and…

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School Library Hearing – Aug. 22, 2012

Students, educators, advocates, and researchers testified to Pennsylvania House Education Committee Members on Aug. 22 about the importance of school libraries for student achievement. Members of the committee…

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