ELC Files Amicus Brief in PA Superior Court Bullying Case
The Education Law Center (ELC) has filed an amicus brief in Nicole B. v. School District of Philadelphia, et al., a case involving a Philadelphia student who was relentlessly bullied…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) has filed an amicus brief in Nicole B. v. School District of Philadelphia, et al., a case involving a Philadelphia student who was relentlessly bullied…
MoreLapp’s Feb. 18, 2015 testimony to the School Reform Commission of Philadelphia examines the legal precedents for considering the fiscal stability of a school district when reviewing charter school applications….
More12, 2021, in our historic lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system, William Penn School District et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Education et al. The judge announced the new trial date…
Moredistrict is already under state control and over a third of students already attend charter schools, the legislation would place numerous schools under a different state operator, this time the…
MoreCreation and Oversight of Charters: Charter schools should be authorized and monitored by local school districts and elected school boards which have the primary role in partnering with charter schools…
More…xenophobic, and misogynistic rhetoric and incidents in schools. We assure our partners across the state that we will continue holding school districts to their legal obligations to maintain a school…
More…successful in school and beyond. We have a broken school funding system that further entrenches inequities and fails to support Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable students. School districts in Pennsylvania are confronted…
MoreAll students in Pennsylvania must attend school no later than age 6 until age 18 or graduation, whichever occurs sooner. In general, rules for attending school do not apply to…
Morein Pennsylvania are being targeted through proposed statewide legislation and multiple school districts considering or implementing policies that prevent students from participating in a school sports team, as well as…
MoreThe Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia filed suit in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on November 10, 2014 on behalf of six school districts,…
MoreThe Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia filed suit in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on November 10, 2014 on behalf of six school districts,…
MoreThe Education Law Center of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia filed suit in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on November 10, 2014 on behalf of six school districts,…
Moreaccounts, our school funding system is the most inequitable in the country. The state’s wealthy districts outspend the poorest districts by over 30 percent. And yet, students living in poverty,…
MorePennsylvania has an on-time budget for 2018-19, approved by the legislature and signed by Gov. Wolf on June 22. It provides modest but needed new funding for Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren. While…
MoreView Section 504 Factsheet to learn about what a parent can do if their child has a health problem that requires accommodations in school….
More…Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania filed Monday, upholding a lower court’s ruling regarding the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ yearlong suspension of a 10th-grader for using a pencil to stab a classmate multiple…
More…Pennsylvania public schools. Titled “Money Matters in Education Justice: Addressing Race and Class Inequities in Pennsylvania’s Public School System” and released on March 3, the report found those inequalities are…
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…
More…are among the incidents that have fueled concerns at Bache-Martin Elementary in Fairmount this year, and left parents asking: What has happened to our school? Read the full story …
MoreA basic guide to enrolling a child in a Pennsylvania public school, presented by the Education Law Center.
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