Ex. C to Complaint

…process, but this section concerns the period of time starting in the fall of 2013. This time period syncs with the time period referenced in the section of the Complaint…

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elc-pas-comments-re-proposed-essa-regulations-impacting-at-risk-student

…At Risk, 4 (August 2011), http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf. 13 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Youth’s Characteristics and Backgrounds, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, 6 (December 2010), https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf. http://helpinggangyouth.homestead.com/disability-best_corrections_survey.pdf http://www.neglected-delinquent.org/sites/default/files/docs/ELLFactSheet.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227730.pdf 12 culminates…

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ELC_schoolfundingreport.2013

…a 55 percent increase in student test scores during that period.5 For a portion of this time period, Pennsylvania also used a formula to distribute education funding. The General Assembly…

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2018 01 18 ELC Open Letter to New SDP Board Nominating Panel

…Legal Defense Fund, 2017, http://www.naacpldf.org/files/about-us/Bias_Reportv2017_30_11_FINAL.pdf. 8 See A state-by-state look at students referred to law enforcement, Center for Public Integrity, Apr. 10, 2015, https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17074/state-state-look-students-referred-law-enforcement. 9 See, e.g., Complaint: District fails…

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WmPenn_v_PDE_Response_to_PrelimObjs_2_17_15

…4.23(d); (Pet. ¶ 118). The Court can therefore look to whether schools have sufficient funds to hire qualified employees and provide statutorily required programs and services to determine if Respondents…

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BestInvestment_Full_Report_6.27.11

…a systematic education for at least a minimal period. The United States is in the middle of the pack when it comes to school expenditures—contributing 5 percent of its gross…

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Ex. A to Complaint

…about what speci fically constitutes a “tardy” or “late” or “cut” etc. I find that the Student frequently did not attend the entirety of class periods, regardless of the reason…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…e.g. Maura McInerney & Alex Dutton, ELC Steps Up to Protect the Rights of Bullied Students with Disabilities, The Legal Intelligencer (Dec. 26, 2017, 2:45 PM), https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to- protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/12/26/elc-steps-up-to-protect-the-rights-of-bullied-students-with-disabilities/?slreturn=20180014222304…

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2016-10-19-issa-third-circuit-brief-of-appellee

…a block scheduling system, with five 80-minute class periods per day instead of McCaskey’s seven 48-minute class periods per day. JA486-487 (Heisey Dep.); 632 (Rivera testifying); 782-783 (Heisey testifying). But,…

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Derrick F Decision and Order

…Panel affirmed that decision. (Id. at 4.) The CIR ordered compensatory education for the period from February 8, 2006 to April 3, 2006, but did not provide for further compensatory…

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ELC_AmicusCuriaeBrief_Palmer

…visited Aug. 20, 2013) ………….11 Green Woods Charter School, Admission of Students, http://greenwoodscharter.org/pdf/AdmissionofStudents.pdf (last visited Aug. 20, 2013) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 Jay G. Chambers, Total Expenditures for Students with Disabilities: Variation by…

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Philadelphia’s shift in discipline policy

…the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, who has represented students facing expulsion, agrees. “There’s a willingness now to … look at mitigating circumstances and not just blindly say, `This happened; this…

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Opposition To Mootness Application File Copy

…2016-17), school districts have seen their annual unreimbursed pension expenses (over which they have no control) rise by $867.6 million. (Price Decl. ¶ 19.) During the same period, the State…

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Ex. B to Complaint

…the Student was placed in ESOL classes for three periods per day. While the Student attended, teachers reported that the Student was able to comprehend the classroom instruction and participate…

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…individuals from the age 6 to 21, who have not yet graduated. 24 P.S. § 13-1301. After a new student seeking enrollment submits all requisite paperwork, the school district must…

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ELC Testimony Before City Council Re Residential Placements May 17, 2018

…philadelphia-9-2017.pdf. See also Youth at Risk of Homelessness: Identifying Key Predictive Factors Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Washington State available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/cf39e156-5992-4050-bd03-fb34cc5bf7e3/Just-Learning.aspx…

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