…children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, children with disabilities, English language learners, and children experiencing homelessness. For more information, visit www.elc-pa.org or follow @edlawcenterpa on Twitter. http://bit.ly/2yvBobT…
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…“Rather than intervene in accordance with federal anti-discrimination laws, the District’s response was to refer these families to Truancy Court, where the problem is framed as a failure of the…
More…are in place to align with the Court’s ruling. Click here to download the Court’s decision. # # # The Education Law Center-PA (“ELC”) is a non-profit, legal advocacy organization…
Moreand jail that are proven not to reduce truancy.” Research studies consistently show that imposing such punishments on parents is completely ineffectual in solving truancy. Data affirms that fines and…
More…Valley – the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. “Pennsylvania’s public school children are entitled to have their day in court. The…
More…(SDOL) has been illegally refusing to enroll older immigrant students with limited English proficiency or diverting them to an inferior, privately operated disciplinary school, rather than allowing them to attend…
More…short term but will prevent schools from making important investments to improve student performance in the long term. It also locks in long-term structural inequities that will continue to leave…
More…– the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS), and the NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference. The Public Interest Law Center and the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania are representing…
MoreSchool Funding Forum in Pittsburgh, PA Thursday, August 6th, 2-4pm With Hear Me and our western PA partners in the Campaign for Fair Education Funding, the Education Law Center is…
MoreMay 25, 2016 – Newsworks WHYY: Keystone Crossroads – by Kevin McCorry Pennsylvania will soon join the overwhelming majority of states that have a student-based formula for distributing state education…
Moreincarceration. But Williams’ proposed “hammer” strategy of threatening criminal charges is simply the wrong approach. It ignores the considerable research and evidence that criminalizing truancy is ineffective and counterproductive. Truancy…
More…every child in the city. Research clearly demonstrates that quality, inclusive pre-K programs set children on the trajectory to academic success and help our most at-risk children – particularly those…
More…the power to suspend provisions of the School Code without any clear limitation, violated the non-delegation rule in the Pennsylvania Constitution. Specifically, under this ruling, the SRC is not able…
More…Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools. The parties claim the state has a school funding system that “does not deliver the essential resources students need and discriminates against children…
MoreFebruary 9, 2016 Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center-PA, issued the following statement regarding Governor Wolf’s Budget Address: “We applaud Governor Wolf’s continued attempts to…
MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2016 Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director of the Education Law Center-PA, issued the following statement regarding Governor Wolf’s announcement of his proposed basic education funding…
More…structural deficit. Additional language applicable to every school district in the state would weaken local districts’ ability to provide effective oversight of charter school operators to ensure that charter expansion…
More…not limited to: – students of any intellect, aptitude, or history of achievement; – students of limited English proficiency; – students of any gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation; –…
More…and per-pupil amounts, for factors including deep poverty and the need to learn English, and additional money to districts with high concentrations of these students. Former Gov. Ed Rendell started…
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