Self-Advocacy Tool: Request to Convene an IEP Meeting
…also make the request that other supportive people who know and support your child attend the IEP meeting, such as doctors, relatives, or outside service providers. This tool allows you…
More…also make the request that other supportive people who know and support your child attend the IEP meeting, such as doctors, relatives, or outside service providers. This tool allows you…
More…she meant to their family were myriad and heartfelt. And based on the reports of those in the special education law community, there is no doubt Vivian commanded the highest…
Moreworks to advance and uphold the rights of Black girls. In service of this commitment, ELC has developed a set of programmatic work that we call our “Black Girls Education…
More32 Commonwealth v. Paddy, 800 A.2d 294 (Pa. 2002) …………………………………. 33-34 Commonwealth v. Sellers, 169 A.3d 43 (Pa. Super. 2017) …………………………….. 23 Commonwealth v. Walls, 144 A.3d 926 (Pa. Super….
MoreELC conducts legal and policy trainings and information-sharing sessions for advocates, attorneys, public officials, social service providers, and others. To learn more about our trainings contact [email protected]….
Moreschools and sent to educationally inferior AEDY or similar alternative education programs, often in violation of federal laws. Parents, students, caregivers, social service professionals, and others who have had experience…
Moreof a system of public education in the Commonwealth. Received 12/10/2014 Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania 3. The amount of funding for education, how those funds are distributed, and all other…
MoreHead Start (HS) and Early Head Start (EHS) programs work: they promote the school readiness of young children from low-income families and support the mental, social, and emotional development of…
More…to access and complete higher education, and other resources; and Ensuring college access programs collaborate with child welfare agencies, homeless service providers, and school districts to identify, conduct outreach to,…
More…students by giving them more out-of-school suspensions and placing them in lower-level courses. In the complaint to the U.S. Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the parents…
MoreApril 25, 2017 – Public News Service PA – by Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Legislation to reform charter schools in Pennsylvania could come up for a vote any day…
MoreOn September 28, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a major victory to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania students by ordering the Commonwealth Court to hold a trial on whether state…
More…was slashed. “Cuts at the state level just kill us,” said Jim Duffy, superintendent of the Fannett-Metal School District, a small system in south-central Pennsylvania. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-01/news/42539843_1_districts-school-funding-chief-education-officer…
More…215.690.1722; kag@berneylaw.com; @k_golembiewski (Twitter). Philadelphia, PA: An appeal filed last week against the School District of Philadelphia seeks to overturn a Court of Common Pleas decision finding that Pennsylvania school…
More…Center said after the preliminary hearing that whether or not Commonwealth Court decides to hold a trial, he expects the issue to move up to the state Supreme Court. http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/school-funding-lawsuit-is-like-groundhog-day-movie-state-officials/article_b90f926c-c72b-11e4-88fe-9b4005695463.html…
More…insufficient to support the Board’s decision to disenroll the students. While the opinion was originally unreported, the Commonwealth Court subsequently granted ELC’s motion to publish the decision. Spring 2017 http://caselaw.findlaw.com/pa-commonwealth-court/1776970.html…
More…District testified at an NAACP public hearing Tuesday that the district had shown a pattern of discrimination against certain types of students over the years. Read the full story: http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-17/news/43110099_1_state-naacp-minority-students-safiya-edwards…
More…American students comprise only 15 percent of Pennsylvania public school students, in 2010-11 they comprised 35 percent of the students placed into alternative education programs. Forty-five school districts — including…
More…comes after a state Senate committee recently voted to advance the legislation, which supporters say will provide greater accountability and stronger standards for charter schools. Read the full story: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/11/04/pa-charter-reform-bill-advances-draws-criticism/…
More…step in the right direction, it in no way solves underlying problems. Students aren’t being given a fair opportunity to succeed, they rightly point out. Read the full story: http://cumberlink.com/news/opinion/editorial/our-view-fix-state-s-broken-education-system/article_899ffe28-0c41-11e3-b666-0019bb2963f4.html…
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