1 Response to Request for Public Comments on Proposed Rule DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002 Submitted By Education Law Center-PA November 6, 2018 Debbie Seguin, Assistant Director Office of Policy, U.S….
More…school community in opposing their school district’s new policy allowing teachers and administrators to carry guns. The presence of guns in schools and arming of untrained school staff pose significant…
More…student poverty, the formula is currently only applied to about six percent of the $5.9 billion Pennsylvania spends on public education. To chart a new course, the governor and legislature…
Moreon truancy at www.elc-pa.org/truancy. http://www.elc-pa.org/truancy 2 Youth (AEDY) program, which often results in further disengagement from school and dropout.2 Additionally, truancy is an entryway into the child welfare system for…
More…Tribune Black girls’ education is fundamentally inequitable in Pennsylvania, a new study says. Here are eight fixes. – Philadelphia Inquirer A new report finds Black girls in Pennsylvania face ‘daunting…
MorePennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order on July 31, creating a new Office of Advocacy and Reform, with a new Child Advocate position to act as an ombudsman for youth in…
MoreThe Education Law Center-PA stands with the Tamaqua Area Education Association and many in the Tamaqua school community in eastern Pennsylvania in opposing their school district’s new policy allowing teachers…
More…September. The funding formula established by the Commission would be applied to any new dollars added to the state’s special education line item. Districts could utilize any new state special…
More…only local school districts have the power to grant a charter to make a new charter school. Local school districts also decide whether to renew or revoke charters. 2 •…
MoreFebruary 6, 2014 – Governor Corbett’s education budget proposal includes welcome increases for special education and early learning but ignores the need for a stable and comprehensive approach to education…
Moretruancy process, attendance barriers, self-advocacy tools, and judges and their implementation of truancy laws. Addressing Attendance Barriers (‘Truancy’) & School Attendance — FAQs School Attendance and Truancy: Understanding the Basics…
More…obligation of school districts to ensure appointment of “surrogate parents” for children with disabilities in foster care residential placements, adoption of new monitoring procedures, and issuance of new state guidance….
More…trauma and poverty impact infants in unique yet substantial ways – often leading to lower learning capacities, maladaptive behaviors, and sometimes lifelong physical and mental health problems. Homelessness itself is…
MoreELC is proud to to announce the launch of a dynamic new website focused on educational success for youth involved in the juvenile justice system – Blueprint for Change: Education…
More…poor school districts have argued that a zip code all-too-often determines the quality of a student’s education. Apparently the color of a student’s skin matters even more. New research has…
MoreFeb. 17 – NEWSWORKS WHYY – by Kevin McCorry – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has delivered a major blow to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission in a decision that’s poised…
More…the compelling state and national data and new Federal guidance to highlight the damage done through exclusionary discipline. ELC pressed the SICC and OCDEL to develop and implement new statewide,…
More…TODAY’S SPONSOR: A new funding formula, one that takes into account poverty levels, has been put in place. But because it applies only to new funding, its impact will be…
More…the new behavior matrix is a notable step forward. We are hopeful that it will provide increased transparency for parents and families around available interventions, and help enable greater data…
More…access to computers to complete assignments which is often unavailable to them outside the classroom. They may also need additional remedial supports, http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions http://www.youthmattersphilly.org/instructions Voices of Youth Count: Missed Educational…
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