…truancy issues, that may arise. You may also contact the Education Law Center directly by following instructions available here. You can learn more about ELC’s mission here. Parent Resources The…
MoreMay 20, 2015 – Matt Miller, The Patriot News / PennLive – A coalition of parents, school districts and public interest groups filed an appeal Wednesday with Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court…
MorePennsylvania, the School District of Lancaster, Panther Valley School District in Carbon County, Greater Johnstown School District, Shenandoah Valley School District in Schuylkill County and Wilkes-Barre Area School District. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2015/04/21/Court-dismisses-lawsuit-claiming-Pa/stories/201504210172…
MoreELC Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr writes a letter to the editor in the Delco Times addressing the pervasive challenges underfunded school districts have in meeting the needs of special…
More…how voluminous. Her belief that what she was doing mattered to struggling children and their families gave her the tolerance and patience to process mounds of educational data to find…
MoreIt is estimated that children in foster care change living placements on average two to three times while in care, and a third of older youth experience five or more…
MoreThe Education Law Center (ELC) filed comments strongly opposing the Department of Education’s (DOE) proposed rules regarding Title IX investigations. The proposed rules would protect schools from liability at the…
Morethe district violated federal laws when it kicked the eighth- and 12th-grade students out of the district they had attended all of their lives. Read the full story: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2013/12/lawsuit_easton_area_school_dis.html …
More…ability to get to know our students, gain their trust, and become aware of their needs, our role is severely compromised. The impact of these cutback may not be fully…
More…the State Capitol, Harrisburg, PA Buses of supporters are leaving from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. WHEN: Monday, May 2, 12:30 p.m. (Buses from your respective locations will leave at various times…
More…in 5 African-American boys and more than 1 in 10 African-American girls received out-of-school suspensions at rates that are more than three times than their white peers. If those figures…
More…times in the neck. The ruling means the suspension will not appear on her permanent record. The Barack Obama International Academy student, who was 14 when the incident occurred May…
More…poor children, children of color, children with disabilities, English learners, children in foster homes and institutions, LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming students, and others. I’m having a problem with my child’s public…
MoreFederal civil rights laws require schools to provide free language services for multilingual parents or caregivers whose first language is not English. This form and checklist includes questions the parent…
More…Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania’s Public Schools (February 2015), available at https://www.aclupa.org/files/5714/2436/0535/2-162015_FINAL_64204_ACLU_ONLINE.pdf. 2 Gary Sweeten, “Who Will Graduate? Disruption of High School Education by Arrest and Court Involvement,”…
MoreThis federal Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaint upheld the educational and civil rights of English language learners who were assigned to “disciplinary schools.”
More…a student being disciplined). Schools may choose not to discipline students for peaceful participation in the walkout. However, schools could discipline students for disruptive or destructive conduct during the protest….
More…Center attorney Michael Churchill said. “The school districts who have joined our lawsuit know this is true, and students in underfunded schools know this is true. The legislature has the…
MoreThis fact sheet describes the process for determining if your child, as an English learner (EL), is appropriately and legally placed in an Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) program…
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