…while the threat of jail time still hangs over parents of the most intractable absentees. It defines truancy as three days of unexplained absences, and habitual truancy as six days….
MorePennsylvania’s state legislature approved a new budget for 2021-22 but chose to put billions into a Rainy Day Fund rather than addressing the urgent need to address adequacy gaps facing…
MoreBeginning with the graduating class of 2023, new statewide graduation requirements will apply to all public school students. As a result, every student must now satisfy one of several pathways…
More…new special education dollars to ensure that children with disabilities receive the high quality inclusive education they need and to which they are legally entitled. A 2009 study showed that…
More…Glen Mills Schools and the class action lawsuit, updates, application forms, and more details about how to apply. Former students and their families who have additional questions or want to…
More…to rescind the 2014 federal guidance on school discipline: “Today, the Trump administration rescinded the 2014 federal guidance that had addressed bias in school discipline, ignoring massive opposition to this…
More…information about the Glen Mills Schools and the class action lawsuit. Updates, application forms, and more details about how to apply will be available on this website soon. Check back…
MoreApril 27, 2017 – Newsworks – by Bill Hangley When Delaware County’s Chester Upland School District raised taxes last summer for the fourth year in a row, it was just…
MoreNov. 24, 2014 – The Education Law Center submitted a letter to Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq urging her to reject the latest round of cyber charter school applications…
More…conversations about systemic racial discrimination and reinforces white supremacy. Parents across Pennsylvania want truthful education, classrooms where students are valued and accepted, and curriculum that teaches students the true history…
More…country – and the world – at one time. The suit maintains that youth housed at Glen Mills suffered at the hands of Glen Mills leadership and staff. Instead of…
More…sustaining the world’s infrastructure, with a demonstrated and passionate commitment to STEM education programs for elementary school students in Pennsylvania. Opera Philadelphia, one of the most innovative opera companies…
More…country – and the world – at one time. After an emergency removal order of all remaining children at the facility as well as the revocation of its licenses by…
More…M. Northen Patrick M. Northen (PA I.D. No. 76419) Patrick M. Harrington (PA I.D. No. 317998) 1500 Market Street, Suite 3500E Philadelphia, PA 19102-2101 Tel: 215-575-7000 Fax: 215-575-7200 Attorneys for…
MoreEDUCATION LAW CENTER WWW.ELC-PA.ORC June 26, 2018 James Rocco, Esq. 1515 Market Street, Suite 825 Philadelphia PA 19102 PHILADELPHlA 1315 Walnut street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19107-4717 T 215-239-6970 F…
More…includes the following goals: · Create a positive climate and focus on prevention · Develop clear, appropriate, and consistent expectations and consequences to address disruptive behaviors · Ensure fairness, equity,…
More…Instruction, Division of Instructional Quality 333 Market Street 3rd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126 (717)787-5482 • If harassment persists, you can file a formal complaint with one of the following agencies…
More…required. It is further averred that, although a ruling on Speaker Turzai’s forthcoming motion for partial summary relief will not foreclose Petitioners’ claim under the Education Clause, a ruling on…
MoreOn September 28, 2017, 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…
More…a caregiver such as a grandparent, a relative, or a family friend. Like other youth, these children have the right to go to school in the district where they live….
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