…Directory, Statewide Directory, and What You Should Know About Homelesss Children) pertaining to educational rights of homeless children can be found at the PA Homeless Children’s Initiative web site: http://homeless.center-school.org/…
More…in the nation that also addresses the gap in arts education and access in the Greater Philadelphia region through an intensive, in-school, literacy-based music education program and robust after-school programs….
More…and that these laws require public schools to provide language assistance to EL students and parents/guardians to assure meaningful access to school programs, activities, and information. Definitions English Learner –…
More…trabajando para mejorar sus escuelas. Este “web site” tiene mas información sobre nuestros areas de énfasis (vea, por ejemplo, la página “Our Agenda”). ¿Qué pasa si tengo un problema pero…
MoreThis complaint resulted in an order of corrective action report on new state guidance, concluding that children in residential placements could not be automatically placed in on-site schools or “forced”…
MoreELC is proud to to announce the launch of a dynamic new website focused on educational success for youth involved in the juvenile justice system – Blueprint for Change: Education…
More…state officials are violating the state’s constitution by failing to adequately and equitably fund public education. The lawsuit – William Penn School District, et al. v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Education,…
More…many of Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren behind. “Even with the passage of the 2016-2017 budget, proper funding for public education remains wholly inadequate and inequitable in Pennsylvania. Tens of thousands of schoolchildren…
Morewill help foster and homeless youth access higher education by downloading this whitepaper. ELC urges you to support the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act…
More…it right. We urge the Commission to continue its work to reach consensus on a sustainable, equitable and predictable public school funding system that addresses existing economic and racial disparities…
Moremust be enacting a new system that provides adequate and fair funding for public schools. Our legislators must take politics out of school funding and distribute state funding to school…
More…please download the full sponsorship packet. All year long we are revisiting and sharing highlights from our history and how we have fought for and successfully expanded education rights in…
More…placements. Act 1 of 2022 seeks to address these barriers and promote timely high school graduation and equal access to school engagement for these students. You can learn more here….
MoreLegislative leaders will not appeal the comprehensive, decisive Feb. 7 school funding order. The decision is now final and it’s time to create a system that ensures high quality public…
MoreJoin the Education Law Center in supporting The Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act (HEASHFY) and The Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2017…
MoreSpeak Out About Public Schools is an ELC report that centers students’ experiences with Black girlhood in school and sets forth their recommendations for creating more just school communities. A…
MoreThe Inquirer reports on an Education Law Center complaint about a child who had her enrollment to a charter school, Franklin Towne Charter High School, rescinded after the school found…
Moreenrollment and access to language assistance for families; 2) quality ESL instruction; and 3) equal access and opportunities (for example, to special education services or to selective high schools). Read…
MoreStudents facing some of the greatest barriers to timely high school graduation finally get some relief. On January 26, Governor Wolf signed SB 324 into law as Act 1 of…
Moreschools serving children with disabilities, including charter schools, should receive tiered funding based on the needs of the students they serve. Both additional resources and the equitable distribution of those…
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