Jill D. v. Snider (W.D. Pa., 1996)
Settlement requiring qualified hearing officers and timely decisions in DPW hearing system for children receiving Early Intervention services.
MoreSettlement requiring qualified hearing officers and timely decisions in DPW hearing system for children receiving Early Intervention services.
More…high school, denying them the classes and services offered at the traditional high school. Some of the students had been in refugee camps for years, said Witold “Vic” Walczak, legal…
MorePublic News Source quotes ELC Legal Fellow Sean McGrath on the availability of early intervention services in the state of Pennsylvania. Read more here….
MoreSEEDS to kindergarten or first grade in the School District of Philadelphia. To date, the complaint has resulted in compensatory education services for 170 children, a number that is to…
More…District of Columbia. The Act also develops “institutions of excellence” committed to serving foster and homeless youth from entrance to completion via robust support services and by covering the remaining…
Moreher recently-acquired pro bono counsel the opportunity to submit a brief on the complex legal issues for common pleas’ review. Similarly, she contends that, notwithstanding the lack of brief, common…
More…article by Education Law Center’s Deborah Gordon Klehr, Juvenile Law Center’s Sue Vivian Mangold, Defender Association of Philadelphia’s Keir Bradford-Grey, and Community Legal Services’ Debby Freedman on fighting racial injustice….
More…services for children ages birth to five. “Our schools and students sorely need these resources now and the Education Law Center urges Gov. Wolf to sign the budget into law,”…
More…million increase in funding for early intervention services for children ages birth-five. Our schools and students sorely need these resources now and the Education Law Center urges Governor Wolf to…
More…and all named plaintiffs are now eligible for limited individual funds to support supplemental educational services, including post-secondary education. “Our refugee clients have endured so much tragedy in their young…
More…House Select Committee explicitly recommended against arming school personnel, and the 2016 Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee issued a lengthy report recommending changes to improve school climate that made…
More…KARYN LYNCH, chief of student support services at the district discusses how students, teachers and families are supported in this issue. Then, LINDA BROWN-BARTLETT, health and physical education teacher and…
More…for basic, special, and early education in next year’s budget is welcome given the Commonwealth’s difficult budget situation. His proposal to increase early education funding by $75 million and to…
MoreDecember, 2016 Students with disabilities are some of Pennsylvania’s most at-risk children, and insufficient funding has led to deep cuts to resources and staff support in special education services. Education…
More…and Human Services to ensure school stability and improve educational outcomes for the 270,000 children of school age in foster care. This new guidance directs states, including Pennsylvania, on how…
More…sector grows, it siphons off greater and greater numbers of students with “mild,” or less costly, disabilities from District schools. Students requiring more expensive services, therefore, remain in heavier concentrations…
More…provide high quality legal services on issues of public education to parents, students, and community advocates across Pennsylvania. This position is to be filled as soon as possible. Click here…
Moreaccess to a quality public education. Kristina Moon joined the Philadelphia office on Monday, May 9. Kristina comes to us from Prisoners’ Legal Services in New York, where as a…
More…their advertising at low–income, minority communities. A 2009 study found that lower–income African-American and Latino neighborhoods have far more outdoor ads for sugary drinks than higher income neighborhoods or white,…
More…the short term, the partial spending plan recently signed by Gov. Tom Wolf will provide desperately needed emergency cash for schools and human services, but only enough to push off…
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