Amici Brief: Consortium for Public Education

…school districts in state say they’ll cut programs to help balance budgets, LANCASTERONLINE (Jun. 7, 2013), http://lancasteronline.com/news/three-of- four-school-districts-in-state-say-they-ll/article_40eefe64-6e59-5747-8423-32cec6424197.html. School districts across the state have had to eliminate and/or reduce academic…

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…any at all. Compl. at ¶ 59; Answer at ¶ 59; Ex. 8. Those students generally attend the International School for one year, receiving focused instruction in the English language…

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ELC Nicole B. Amicus

…the parts of the brief exempted by Pa.R.A.P. 2135(b). The word count was measured by the word-processing program used to prepare the brief, Microsoft Word 2010. Dated: January 22, 2018…

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COVID-19 Response (2020-2021)

…fruition, as schools continued to grapple with community spread of the coronavirus. Now in 2021, with many school districts still not returned to fully in-person instruction, the need for continued…

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Trauma Informed in Schools Classrooms FINAL December2014 (2)

…& Secondary Education (2011). Trauma Sensitive Schools. Retrieved from http://www.doe.mass.edu/tss/. 57 Idaho State University (2011). Institute of Rural Health: Better Todays. Better Tomorrows. Retrieved from http://www.isu.edu/irh/projects/better_todays/. 58 Stevens (2012) 59…

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SOARDataCommentLetterSUBMITTED012618

Richard L. Trumka AFL-CIO Toni Van Pelt National Organization for Women Randi Weingarten American Federation of Teachers Dennis Williams International Union, UAW John C. Yang Asian Americans Advancing Justice |…

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ELC-Testimony-For-Legislative-Hearing-on-Truancy-June-9-2015

at http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit http://jjlp.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/vol-10-no-1/Truancy.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TheLegalandEconomicImplicationsofTruancyExecutiveSummary.pdf http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://readingeagle.com/news/article/woman-in-berks-county-prison-for-truancy-found-dead-in-her-cell#.VBcu8qPD-Uk http://www.ldnews.com/ci_22036769/lebanon-school-district-loses-truancy-lawsuit 7 There was no evidence that these policies actually reduced truancy. In addition, most magistrate judges tell me that they believe fines…

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Defending the Right to Learn and the Freedom to Read

Read about legislative efforts in Pennsylvania in 2023 to protect the freedom to read and curtail book banning. Read ELC’s advocacy letters opposing the book ban policies proposed at Blackhawk, Central Bucks ,…

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ELC_EarlyLearning_Guide_2ndedition_2012

…unless making changes imposes an undue burden; these changes will sometimes include changes to the facilities. “Newly” constructed privately-run child care centers – those designed and constructed for first occupancy…

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ELC_AltEdPA_FullReport_03_2010

…Education for Disruptive Youth…………. 42 24 P.S. Article XIX-C: Disruptive Student Programs……………………………………………………….. 42 24 P.S. Article XIX-E: Private Alternative Education Institutions for Disruptive Students………. 45 Appendix 2: Pennsylvania Department of…

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policy-statement-ece-expulsions-suspensions

…experience for the rest of their lives, making it crucial that children’s earliest experiences truly foster – and never harm – their development. As such, expulsion and suspension practices in…

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Supreme Court – Brief of Appellant e-filed

…OF COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 2135(D) The Brief of Appellants complies with the word count limitation of Pa. R.A.P. 2135 because it contains 10,564 words, excluding the parts exempted by section…

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EDM Toolkit May 2018 CASA PA FINAL

…for release of records, etc.  Homebound Instruction: School districts may provide “homebound instruction” to students because of a temporary medical emergency. Homebound instruction is different from “in-home instruction,” which…

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