Opportunities Act by delaying or denying enrollment of older refugee students and diverting them to a magnet school with less support for English Language Learners than the mainstream high school…
MoreHigh School with the option of enrolling in an accelerated credit program at the privately run Phoenix Academy. All who opt to enroll at McCaskey will spend at least one…
MoreVictory for vulnerable families in school disenrollment case Many poor families struggle to establish residency in order to attend school. They may be living with different family members and do…
More…xenophobic, and misogynistic rhetoric and incidents in schools. We assure our partners across the state that we will continue holding school districts to their legal obligations to maintain a school…
MoreThe PA Safe Schools Act, amended in 2010, requires all Pennsylvania school districts to draw up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local law enforcement agencies to govern their working…
More2016. The District’s School Reform Commission in June 2018 formally changed the School District’s student conduct and discipline policy, extending the existing ban on out-of-school suspensions to cover grades 1…
Morean irrational and inequitable school financing arrangement that drastically underfunds school districts across the Commonwealth and discriminates against children on the basis of the taxable property and household incomes in…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) filed amicus briefing in Nicole B. v. School District of Philadelphia, et al., a case involving a Philadelphia student who was relentlessly bullied because of…
MoreDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, many students across Pennsylvania were exposed to “virtual learning” or “virtual school programs” for the first time. These are programs operated by a school district or…
Moredeprivations of a free, appropriate public education stemming from COVID school closures. Both PDE and the U.S. Department of Education have made clear that when schools closed, school districts were…
Moresignificantly higher degree of segregation than is found in District schools. The report contends that many of these demographic differences are a result of charter school practices. The School District’s…
MoreFebruary 12, 2019 School Board of Directors Eastern Lancaster County School District 669 East Main Street New Holland, PA 17557 Re: Rights of Transgender Students Dear Board Members: We write,…
Morein Pennsylvania are being targeted through proposed statewide legislation and multiple school districts considering or implementing policies that prevent students from participating in a school sports team, as well as…
MoreCreation and Oversight of Charters: Charter schools should be authorized and monitored by local school districts and elected school boards which have the primary role in partnering with charter schools…
Morecontends. Members of the coalition include the school districts of Lancaster, William Penn, Panther Valley, Greater Johnstown Area and Shenandoah Valley, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and…
Moreaddition to Christ’s high school classroom in Delaware County’s William Penn School District, where she’s taught students who are learning English for 11 years. But new textbooks are just the…
MoreCommission’s Formula Proposal Makes Strides Towards Addressing Equity Gaps Restoring 2011 School Funding Cuts Must be the First Step For Immediate Release Contact: Deborah Gordon Klehr, [email protected] or 215-346-6920 June…
More…Pennsylvania public schools. Titled “Money Matters in Education Justice: Addressing Race and Class Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Public School System” and released on March 3, the report found those inequalities are…
MoreEducation Law Center executive director Deborah Gordon Klehr wrote about the unconstitutionality of Pennsylvania’s current school funding system, and the funding lawsuit in Commonwealth Court where trial is scheduled to…
MoreFeb. 10, 2016 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – By Mary Niederberger Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal for significant budget increases to public education drew a uniform response from school officials, teacher union…
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