…can equitably enjoy a thorough and efficient public education as required by our state constitution. Today I would like to highlight one particularly broken piece of our school funding system:…
More…Penn School District, Philadelphia parents, and others, ruling that education funding was a matter for the legislature and not the courts to decide. During oral arguments, lawyers arguing for the…
More…school funding system that: • Directs adequate funding to districts and students based on real costs, addressing student challenges like poverty, English proficiency, homelessness and foster care placement; and district…
More…succeed. The most vulnerable students include minority students, students with disabilities, students in foster care, students experiencing homelessness, students living in poverty, students for whom English is a second language,…
More…to the School District of Philadelphia schools. “In general, we found that brick and mortar charter schools in Philadelphia are underserving students with severe disabilities, English language learners, and students…
More…with disabilities, while emphasizing greater protections and supports for English language learners, LGBTQ students, and parenting students. The PPS School Board adopted the changes at its meeting on Aug. 4,…
More…R-63rd Dist., who is also a member of the commission, announced she would vote against any formula that removes that provision on which the rural school districts she represents depend….
MoreThis federal Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaint upheld the educational and civil rights of English language learners who were assigned to “disciplinary schools.”
More…high school programs which includes different application review process and waiver of certain testing on a case-by-case basis; resolution of School Reform Commission extends this entitlement to English Language Learners….
MoreThis OCR complaint enforced the rights of English language learners to access the full range of public education programs and services and supports, including special education and appropriate school discipline…
More…to be unemployed More likely to become a drug addict Estimated cost of a youth who drops out and turns to crime & drugs — $1.7 to $2.3…
Moreis this $5.5 billion distributed in basic education funding with no rhyme or reason?’ ” In 1991, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, a coalition of rural and…
More…state NAACP, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools, and handful of families with children enrolled in public schools. If the lawsuit is successful, the result would likely be…
More…Allentown Deb Lowenburg, Librarian Pleasant Valley High School Pleasant Valley School District Broadheadsville Katie Makatche, Librarian Warrior Run Middle School Warrior Run School District Turbotville Janet Malloy, Retired High School…
More…the real costs of delivering services, including student factors such as the number of students who live in poverty, who are English language learners, and who are homeless. It should…
More…or intrude upon the lawfully enacted scheme by which public education is funded, not only in Philadelphia, but throughout the Commonwealth.” Id. at 367. 5. Twenty years later in Marrero,…
More…in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English learners, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) students, and children experiencing homelessness. We are responding to allegations…
More…appropriate instruction at on-site educational programs. For many different reasons, academic skills were not adequately developed, and frequently credits were not earned or were not accepted by school districts towards…
More…who are identified as affected by illegal sustance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure; or • with disabilities who are homeless or “wards of the state.” BACKGROUND:…
More…litigation, and policy advocacy, ELC advances the rights of vulnerable children, including children of color, children living in poverty, English language learners, children with disabilities, those in the foster care…
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