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…Then, in February, the Governor presents his proposal to the General Assembly. The General Assembly makes changes as it sees fit, and eventually adopts a final budget. There are negotiations…
More…Then, in February, the Governor presents his proposal to the General Assembly. The General Assembly makes changes as it sees fit, and eventually adopts a final budget. There are negotiations…
More…placed multiple former staffers at the Devos-led Department of Education. See Alyson Klein, Former Jeb Bush Foundation Staffers Working at Trump’s Ed. Dept., Education Week, Mar. 9, 2017, http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k- 12/2017/03/jeb_bush_foundation_staffers_trump_education_department.html;…
MoreThere is a new start date for the trial in our historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system. The date is moved back a month to Oct.12. The later date…
MoreThis fact sheet provides an outline of the rights of English learners (ELs) and/or families of students with limited English proficiency. Please note – this document is available in Spanish…
More…to the fact that they don’t understand or speak English. The complaint alleges that the School District of Philadelphia refuses to sufficiently interpret or provide parents with translated documents in…
More…– children living in poverty, children of color, children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, children experiencing homelessness, English learners, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming students. We…
More…of students who are English Language Learners, and the number of students enrolled in charter schools, as well as school district factors — including the effort and capacity of school…
More…according to a report released Thursday by The Education Trust released Thursday by The Education Trust (Ed Trust), a group in Washington that advocates for closing economic and racial inequities…
MoreEvery Pennsylvania student deserves a quality education no matter where that student lives But Pennsylvania’s system for funding public schools is broken: • We are one of only three states…
More…framework that would have invested critical new dollars in schools across Pennsylvania. The inadequate budget just passed by the Pennsylvania Senate walks away from our moral and legal obligations to…
More…10:30. Seating in the courtroom is limited. Petitioners in the case, which include seven families, six school districts from rural, urban and suburban areas, and statewide organizations, filed the lawsuit…
More…that invests new education dollars that are sufficient to make up for lost ground and will give all children, regardless of ZIP code, income, or race, the education they need.”…
More…with disabilities, English language learners, LGBTQ students, and children experiencing homelessness. You can contact us by visiting www.elc-pa.org/contact or by calling 215-238-6970 (Philadelphia) or 412-258-2120 (Pittsburgh). REDUCING BARRIERS TO EDUCATION…
More…appropriation still falls far short of what our children need and what Governor Wolf originally requested. And while we applaud the state for utilizing a new bipartisan funding formula to…
More…allocate additional funding to early intervention services represent crucial investments that will help ensure more children enter school ready to learn. But while any additional funding helps, the Governor’s proposed…
More…state budget: “The Pennsylvania General Assembly has sent Governor Tom Wolf a compromise state budget agreement that provides some needed new funding for education, including basic education, special education, and…
MoreIn an opinion released today, the Commonwealth Court overruled various preliminary objections to the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit. In a victory for students across Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court today overruled…
MoreConsent decree established new policy and procedure for inclusion of students with disabilities in specialized and magnet high school programs which includes different application review process and waiver of certain…
More…New Precedent-Setting Case Law In recognition of this problem, the Education Law Center decided to take on the case of S.A., a refugee student who was expelled from the Pittsburgh…
More…behalf of the most educationally at-risk students including children of color, children living in poverty, children with disabilities, English learners, LGBTQ students, students in the foster care and juvenile justice…
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